Lesser Soenda Islands. 4 Cent anchor and cherry blossom postcard on thin paper, similar to Bu.273b, unused

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. 3½ CENT POSTCARD TYPE KREISLER WITH RED-LILAC LOMBOK SUN OVERPRINT Bu.279, SENT FROM AMPENAN 9.3.43 (LOMBOK SUN TIED BY TEIKOKU SEIFU CANCEL TYPE 300) TO SOERABAJA. CENSOR Bu.JC3a IN VIOLET FROM DENPASAR, CENSOR SEAL IN RED FROM KAJII. SEE: J.R. VAN NIEUWKERK, p.107, 109 (CARD ILLUSTRATED), 138. ONLY FIVE CARDS RECORDED! ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER POSTCARDS OF THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. DESIRABLE EXHIBITION ITEM. CERT. ´VAN DIETEN, 2019´

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. 5 SEN GUN-SEI KITTE (= MILITARY STAMP) POSTCARD ON THICK LIGHT GREEN PAPER WITH RED OVAL PERSONAL SEAL FROM CAPTAIN SAWA, FROM FLORES, Bu.282a, UNUSED. EXTREMELY RARE, ONLY A FEW UNUSED COPIES ARE RECORDED (EVEN RARER THAN THE FEW USED CARDS). SEE: J.R. VAN NIEUWKERK, p.202-203. EXHIBITION ITEM! CERT. ´VAN DIETEN, 2019´

Moluccas. 1 Gulden Van Konijnenburg with lilac-red Ambon anchor overprint no. 611r-54k, used (very light red pmk). € 250

Moluccas. 7½ Cent Dancer with red Bali anchor overprint in combination with purple bar no. 613p/531r-71, used on piece. € 120

Moluccas. 3½ Cent postcard type Kreisler without overprint showing in black the Ceram Minseibu Authorization mark from Ambon Bu.251b, written on 14 March 2603, sent from Ternate 24.3.3. to Djakarta, forwarded to Bondowoso 10.6.03 and back to Djakarta. Censor violet two-line framed SOEDAH PRIKSA/TERNATE with signature Vr.180. See J.R. van Nieuwkerk, p.305 (card illustrated), 308. Very rare postcard! Exhibition item. Cert. ´Van Dieten, 2019´

Moluccas. 4 Sen postcard with Hinomaru on red and blue printed thin white paper Bu.258 from Aboroe on the island of Haroekoe near Saparoea (written date scratched away) cancelled Amboina (type 300 in lilac) to Delangoe 9.7.05 redirected to Prambanan, Klaten. Censor Bu.JC3a from Amboina. Very rare origin!

Moluccas. 10 Cent on 12½ cent postal stationery envelope with black Ambon anchor overprint type 612z with 7 different Kreisler stamps all with Ambon anchor overprints affixed, Bu.265 (RRR), cancelled Ambon (Teikoku Seifu cancel type 300). Censor Bu.JC3a in lilac. The cover is produced after the war by postmaster The

Miscellaneous. NICA TIMOR. Selection of overprints in different types and colours on 13 different stamps. See: Bessels table on p.48-49

Miscellaneous. NICA SOEMBA. Selection of overprints type NS-1 or NS-2 (7½ cent Dancer) in black or blue on 13 different stamps types Kreisler, Dancer, Numeral. See: Bessels table on p.79-80

Miscellaneous. NICA SOEMBA. Selection of overprints type NS-1 in black or blue on 11 different stamps type Van Konijnenburg. See: Bessels table on p.79-80

POW. Netherlands Indies. Sumatra. POW card Bu.PW7 written in the Civilian Internment Camp voor Men in Palembang on 14 March 1943, with a long interesting family and situation message in Dutch language (obviously allowed in this camp), sent to Amsterdam with on the back a note that the card was received on 15 Sep. No German censor mark. Very rare card (Bu. RRR)

POW. Netherlands Indies. Sumatra. POW card Bu.PW8 on thin paper written on 17 April 1945 in the Indonesian language, to her husband, a civilian internee in a camp in Rantau Prapat (Sumatra´s East Coast), received 9 July 1945

POW. Netherlands Indies. Burma. POW card Bu.PW21 from a Dutch POW in Moulmein, Burma, to family in Utrecht

POW. Netherlands Indies. Japan. POW card Bu.PW26 from a Dutchman in the Japanese Fukuoka camp No. 2 to his parents in The Hague, with Japanese and German censors

POW. Netherlands Indies. 3½ Cent postcard Bu.3b from a prisoner in the internment camp Ngawi to his wife in the internment camp Tjihapit, Bandoeng. Red squared police censor mark of Madioen Bu.JC51k and in the same colour ´K´ standing for the camp in Tjihapit (Jacobs NJ21). Written in pencil ´Tida ada Karees, ada Tjihapit´ (= not in the Karees camp but in Tjihapit) and ´Tida ada Tjihapit II´ (= not in Tjihapit II)