Lesser Soenda Islands. Lombok. 5 SEN on 4c re-valued Navy postcard Bu.274 (? 900) from Ampenan 2.0.4.46 to Soerabaja 23.4.46. Addressee could not be located and information could not be found in the register of the soerabaja post office ('karth obk Sb 23/4' = karthotheek onbekend Soerabaja 23 april). On the reverse a triangle cachet with pencil notes 'Onbek 25-4-'46' (Onbek = onbekend = unknown). The 5 SEN is type I and the base card is the rarely used thin paper variety. Only three used copies recorded. Illustrated on the back of the book 'The Postal History of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, and New Guinea during the Japanese Occupation and Immediate Aftermath 1942-1946' by J.R. van Nieuwkerk. Exhibition item

Lesser Soenda Islands. Bali. 5 SEN + 2 SEN on 4c re-valued Navy postcard Bu.275 (? 900, insignificant crease) written in Denpasar and sent to Soerabaja 21.3.46. Extremely rare and only two used copies recorded. Illustrated on page 71 of the book 'The Postal History of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, and New Guinea during the Japanese Occupation and Immediate Aftermath 1942-1946' by J.R. van Nieuwkerk. Exhibition item

Lesser Soenda Islands. Soembawa. Anchor and Cherry Blossom postcard of 4 cent on thick paper Bu.283b from Bima to Djakarta (in blue pencil 2/7 '05), censor Vr.212a from Bima. Very rare postmark on entire

Japanese Military fieldpost card, unlisted type similar to Bu.F23 but orange on brownish yellow paper with picture of Nihonbashi Bridge on reverse (military picture postcards are rare) from occupied Manokwari, Dutch New Guinea, SE Navy location, unit 2864 = 227th Independent Motor Transport Company (an Army unit using a Navy post office), sent to Anakamachi, Japan. Card censored with Ueda chop. Card was written January 30th by soldier to his mother stating that he is fine, in a tropical country far away, an inconvenient place where he can no longer write as before. Ex Jennings

Japanese Military fieldpost reply card Bu.F24 from Kaimana, occupied Dutch New Guinea (Se 47, Se 92 Yamada group, 232nd construction unit) through Yokosuka navy department # 29 (navy office mail which was at Kaimana from 16 Sep 1943 until 21 March 1944) to Nagano. Two part censor mark Ken Etzu Zumi in rectangle with censor chop Yamada. Message from father to sons wishing a Happy New Year and saying he is fine. Mail from Kaimana is extremely rare. Ex Jennings

Japanese Military fieldpost card Bu.F23 (2 very small pinholes) from occupied Dutch New Guinea, unit 5177 = 5th Reconnaissance Regiment of the 5th division, to Yamaguchi prefecture, Mihogun District, Shing Nagata Mula (village). Censor chop Dooby. Message reads in part: this is the worst place. The people here have nothing. They have very curly hair and they don?t care what they look like. They drink water from the rain. Letter is written to an old man whom the sender tells not to worry and that he is working for his duty. Ex Jennings

Japanese Military fieldpost reply card Bu.F3 from occupied Dutch New Guinea, unit 5170 = 21st Water Supply and Purification Department attached to the 2nd Army, sent to Tokyo. Unlisted censor mark with chop Yamazumi and Kasuya. Text includes he heard about the fierce battle at Leite and the bombing raid on Tokyo. He hopes all are well and writes he received a letter saying his uncle had passed away. Also writes he sent his salary to his wife on January 20 and hopes they receive this card before April 12th. Card was written begin 1944. Ex Jennings

POW card Bu.29 written in June 1945, sent from the Zentsuzi POW Camp in Japan to Voorburg. Ex Hiegentlich

POW card Bu.PW42 written on June 10th, 1944, from a Thai Camp through the International Red Cross in Geneva via Eindhoven, the temporarely PTT Headquarters of Liberated Southern Netherlands, to Alkmaar. Such POW cards that arrived in Europe are extremely rare

Java. 10 Cent with inverted overprint no. 012ko, fine unused. ? 95

Java. 40 Cent definitive issue no. 80dph in block of four, two upper stamps having double horizontal perforation, cancelled Soerabaja 19.10.45.11. ? 140

Java. Card, printed at De Unie, bearing 12 adhesives, c.t.o. with the rare cds Djakarta-/Pasaboelan 31.1.47.-8. Only a few cancellations recorded. Kaartje, gedrukt bij De Unie, met twaalf zegels, op verzoek afgest. met het zeldzame Djakarta-/Pasarboelan 13.1.47.-8. Ons slechts een paar afst. uit 1946-47 bekend

Sumatra. 215z-86 and 3s no. J5 in strip of three with the two left stamps showing very faint country name overprint ´Rep Indonesia´ and the right stamp without overprint, on fragment of X15 form (?), twice cancelled BLANGPIDI 13.2.47 (vNV.260, R). Very rare!

Sumatra. F 0,50 overprint on 15s no. 0167 with Republican ORI overprint 71v, fine used. A rare stamp! ? 500

Sumatra. 50 Sen overprint on 15s no. 0177, fine cancelled. Scarce. ? 300

Sumatra. 50 Sen overprint on 15s with variety ´inverted overprint´ no. 0177fko, fine cancelled. Scarce. ? 250