JAPANESE OCCUPATION, A neatly penned petition from all residents of the Japanese town of Ikushina, addressed to D. MacArthur (misspelled as D. MacAurther), for the release of Yoshio Tsukagoshi, ´the former millitary police sgt. 25th millitary police in Sumatra´. The residents of Ikushina are surprised that he ´is under detention in Sumatra as a war criminal suspect.´ The petition gives an overview of the life of Yoshio Tsukagoshi. Added to the petition is a notebook with all the names of the inhabitants in Latin and Japanese script, each with a personal seal. Historical!

JAPANESE OCCUPATION, approx 50 unused postal stationery envelopes, letter sheets, postcards and a few Japanese fieldpost cards, some with overprints, including duplicates but also some scarce items

JAPANESE OCCUPATION, Banka & Billiton, 10 on 12½ cent envelope type Kreisler with handstamped T overprint Bu.39, 4x with a nice philatelic variety of frankings, 2x cancelled Soerabaja, 2x Medan. Colorful philatelic covers

JAPANESE OCCUPATION, General Issue, 10 on 12½ cent envelope type Kreisler with handstamped T overprint Bu.187, 7x with a nice philatelic variety of frankings, all cancelled with commemorative postmarks and sent from Medan, of which 6 registered. Colorful philatelic covers

JAPANESE OCCUPATION, General Issue, 10 on 12½ cent envelope type Kreisler with handstamped T overprint Bu.187, 7x with a nice philatelic variety of frankings, all cancelled with commemorative postmarks and sent registered from Medan. Colorful philatelic covers

JAPANESE OCCUPATION, some 40 covers/cards/fronts from Java and Sumatra, few receipts with revenues, frankings, cancellations, censors, postal stationery, and some items from the pre-occupation period, in mixed quality

JAPANESE OCCUPATION. POW & CI. Canteen Tickets and others. Collection of several canteen tickets or food passes, tickets for buying things for several camps in a few countries like the Philippines, also in the USA, POW cover, leaflets, detailed map of Japanese Graveyards in Irkutsk Region, Japanese Dictionary by the Red Cross, and so on. Most interesting

NICA SOEMBA, 3 postcards from the Japanese occupation and 2 Japanese fieldpost cards bearing several stamps with anchor overprints, all later cancelled with the genuine NICA SOEMBA overprint. See: Giel J Bessels, Nica Timor, Nica Soemba (2004), p.72-76

NICA, interesting collection of NICA SOEMBA (90+) and NICA TIMOR (20+) overprints, both in several colours, on a nice variety of stamps with red, black or orange anchor overprints, not checked for forgeries or reprinted overprints, also on a few Japanese stamps, and 2 post war covers from Koepang (but not bearing these stamps). Nice study collection

JAPANESE OCCUPATION AND REVOLUTION PERIOD, JAVA. Used and unused stamps, some on cut-outs, and 22 bank notes used during the Japanese occupation and one 25 rupiah bank note from the Republik

JAPANESE OCCUPATION & REP. INDONESIA 1945-49, telegraphic money order overprints, 2 covers, some scarce Republican overprints and president Soekarno 10 sen imperforated in complete sheet

INDONESIA REVOLUTION PERIOD, 7 postal items of which 4 philatelic, 3 postcards with scarce stamps

INDONESIA REVOLUTION PERIOD, Java. 15 Covers etc. showing several (single) frankings, registered, by express, censor types

INDONESIA REVOLUTION PERIOD, Java. 1st. Series, 10 + 10 Sen Bull. Imperforated color proofs in brown and carmine (corner block of 12), brown and green (corner block of 12 on pre-war customs form), brown and yellow (corner block of 12 on pre-war customs form), green and brown (corner block of 12 on pre-war customs form), and blue and yellow (corner block of 12 on pre-war customs form). Rare! Cat. value more than € 4500

INDONESIA REVOLUTION PERIOD, Java. 1st. Series, 20 + 20 Sen Bull and Flag. Imperforated color proof in light brown and carmine in sheet of 50, showing the carmine print shifted. Most unusual and looks spectacular in a sheet! Cat. value € 1500++

INDONESIA REVOLUTION PERIOD, Java. 1st. Series, 20 + 20 Sen Bull and Flag. Imperforated color proof in violet and red in sheet of 50 (vertical crease, otherwise fine). Rare and seldom offered! Cat. value € 1500+