Sumatra. Palembang. Local overprints. International Reply coupon of 17½ cent with violet small IPL overprint in frame, definitives of 3½, 4 and 10 cent affixed on the coupon, unused

Sumatra. Palembang. Local overprints. Front of a commercial envelope bearing 1, 2, 2½ and 3 cent Kreisler, and 4 cent Dancer, all with the signature of postmaster Roesli in bluish black ink, nos. 514z-15a, 16b, 17b, 18a and 69, from Pagaralam 1.5.42 to Palembang Ilir. Genuinely used is very rare! € 1000

Sumatra. Palembang. Local overprints. 5 Cent Dancer with signet ring overprint AR of postmaster Arifin in black no. 521z-70 in pair on cover from Loeboek-/Linggau 20.11.-2 via Palembang 21.11.2 to Soerakarta, Java. Censor Vr.102b and pre-war censor label. Very rare on cover! Illustrated in DN catalogue on p.242. Exhibition item. Ex Hardjasudarma

Sumatra. Palembang. Local overprints. 5 Cent Numeral with place-name overprint LAHAT (17 mm) in violet no. 542v-42 and 5 cent Numeral with black overprint Dai Ni Hon in frame no. 824z-42 on complete money order Bu.JF1a (small tear repaired) to transfer 10 roepiah from Lahat 19.7.4 via the trans communication office of Palembang 19.7.11 to Koetoardjo, Java, 25.7.04. Extremely rare postal document and stunning exhibition item! Illustrated in DN catalogue p.260

Sumatra. Palembang. Local overprints. 35 Cent Kreisler with blackish violet small overprint IPL in frame of postmaster I.P. Lengkong no. 571v-31b on commercial cover from Palembang 16.5.2 registered to Pagaralam 19.5.42. Early usage of this stamp!

Sumatra. Palembang. 1 Cent Malaya/Straits no. 131r-M1 and 3 cent Kreisler with black overprint Dai Ni Hon in straight frame no. 825z-18b on censored Japanese picture postcard from Palembang 19.3.5 to Nagoya, Japan. Very rare usage of this Malayan stamp!

Sumatra. Palembang. Telegraphic money order form Wg (not in Bu.) to transfer 200 roepiah from Palembang 8/5-’05 to Tandjoengkarang 20.5.8. Rare form!

Sumatra. Palembang. 10 Cent van Konijnenburg with machine T overprint no. 922z-43II on Identity card Bu.JF12 cancelled Palembang

Sumatra. Lampong. Dai Ni Hon Yuken Lampong two-line overprint in different colours on 2½, 3 and 7½ cent (unused) Kreisler, 5 cent Numeral, 5 and 7½ cent Dancer (7½ in pair, 3 red and 1 violet overprint on sheet margin, unused), black one-line overprint Dai Ni Hon Yuken on 40 cent Van Konijnenburg and combined two-line and with additional one-line overprint on 10 cent Van Konijnenburg

Sumatra. Lampong. Dai Ni Hon Yuken Lampong two-line overprint in different colours in combination with red small or large Hinomaru wax overprint type 621r/610 on Kreisler 20 cent (6x), 40 cent (1x, unused), Van Konijnenburg 10 cent (5x), 15 (1x, unused), 17½ (2x) and 60 cent (2x) including black two-line overprint on 60 cent Van Konijnenburg (3x) on piece. Cat. ca. € 450

Sumatra. Lampong. One-line overprint Dai Ni Hon Yuken in combination with red Hinomaru wax overprint on 10 cent Van Konijnenburg nos. 891z/621r-43kg and 891z/621r-43II, both used

Sumatra. Lampong. 10 Cent on 12½ cent postal stationery envelope with black two-line Dai Ni Hon Yuken overprint (as Bu.107 without red ball, RRR) with in total 26 different stamps from Japan, 2 Japanese stamps to commemorate the fall of Singapore, stamps from the National Park Series, the First and Second Showa series, Sumatra definitives and a nice range of Indies stamps with two-line Dai Ni Hon Yuken overprint in several colours, all very neatly cancelled Tandjong-/Karang 19.3.4., censored and sent to Tandjongenim (Palembang). A unique and very rare philatelic item in wonderful quality! Added a cut-out from the 10 cent on 12½ cent envelope with the one-line Dai Ni Hon Yuken overprint

Sumatra. Lampong. 3½ Cent Kreisler postcard with black two-line Dai Ni Hon Yuken Lamong overprint (corner repaired) Bu.101 from Menggala 18.9.25 to Palembang, censor Bu.JC13b. Added a cut-out from the 10 cent on 12½ cent envelope with the one-line Dai Ni Hon Yuken overprint with red Hinomaru, revalued with hand-written ‘lima sen’ (5 sen), violet ‘5’ crossed-out

Sumatra. Lampong. Revaluation. 3½ Cent Kreisler postcard with lilac two-line Dai Ni Hon Yuken Lampong overprint with hand-written ‘2’ (correct Lampong rate) and 3½ crossed-out, from Batavia-Centrum 24.11.0.-2 (vNV.088) to Bandjarnegara. The card is marked with T because the postal rate on Java was 3½ cent. On the front and whole reverse in Indonesian/Chinese a printed invitation from a family of 3 generations to have a tea ceremony in a room of Hoo Hap in Kampoeng Boegis, Telok Betong, on 29 Nov 2606 to celebrate a wedding. It could be that a few of these Lampong postcards were shipped to Batavia-Centrum (Djakarta) to be sent from there to family, friends and acquaintances on Java. Probably unique postcard in wonderful quality!

Sumatra. Lampong. 3½ Cent postcard Bu.189c from the Boekitsam Coal Mine Company's residence house at Tandjong-/Karang 18.12… to Tokyo, Japan, on the front and reverse (mirrored) with a faint strike in violet with the commemorative cachet for the Second Anniversary of the Great East Asia War 18.12.8 (vNV.422v), censor Bu.JC13b

Sumatra. Lampong. 10 Cent van Konijnenburg with black two-line overprint Dai Ni Hon Yuken Lampong no. 611z-43bg on cover from Tandjongkarang 19.5.19 to Tokyo, Japan. Censors Bu.JC15 and JC17 no. 19 on the reverse (no. 19 not listed by Bu.)