LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. LOMBOK. 3½ CENT POSTCARD TYPE KREISLER WITH RED LOMBOK RADIATING SUN OVERPRINT, LARGE LOMBOK ANCHOR OVERPRINT AND DAI NI HON TEIKOKU SEIFU OVERPRINT (Bu. unlisted), CANCELLED WITH TEIKOKU SEIFU POSTMARK AMPENAN AND CDS AMPENAN 15.9.43, CENSORED AT AMPENAN AND SENT TO BANDOENG. THE TEXT IS ABOUT FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE. ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING POSTCARDS AND THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE, IN EXCELLENT QUALITY. UNIQUE! SEE: JR VAN NIEUWKERK, THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS ETC. (2008), p. 131-132. EXHIBITION ITEM OF THE HIGHEST CALIBRE

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. FLORES. 5 SEN NIPPON GUN-SEI KITTE (MEANING JAPAN MILITARY STAMP) POSTCARD FOR FLORES IN GREEN ON LIGHT-GREEN THICK PAPER Bu.282b, NOT VALID ANYMORE, THEREFOR FRANKED WITH 2 CENT KREISLER WITH BLACK BALI ANCHOR OVERPRINT IN PAIR, WITH WRITTEN WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS 1945 AND NEW YEAR´S DAY 1946, FROM RIOENG TO ENDEH, SHOWING THE STRAIGHT-LINE PLACE-NAME CANCEL ENDEH. SEE: JR VAN NIEUWKERK, THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS ETC. (2008), p.202. EXHIBITION ITEM OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. ONLY THREE CARDS WITH TWO KREISLER STAMPS OF 2 CENT ARE KNOWN

Lesser Soenda Islands. 3½ Cent postcard type Kreisler in offset print with red Hinomaru flag, red 7 characters and in red a Military mark Bu.253b written (typewriter) at Singaradja 21 Gogatsoe 2603 (21 May 1943), sent to Soerabaja. The card is not cancelled, has a vertical - not disturbing - crease, the text concerns business matters

Lesser Soenda Islands. 3½ Cent postcard type Kreisler in offset print with red Hinomaru flag and red 7 characters Bu.254b with on the reverse a nice array of 11 different stamps, sent by the head of the post office at Denpasar, cancelled Denpasar (vNV. type 302), to Djakarta

Lesser Soenda Islands. 3½ Cent postcard type Kreisler in offset print with red Hinomaru flag and red 7 characters Bu.254b with on the reverse an attractive array of 16 stamps, from Iseh (Selat), near Karangasem, cancelled Denpasar (vNV. type 302), to Dr. P. Hausman in Soerabaja

Lesser Soenda Islands. 4 Sen Postcard type Hinomaru Bu.258 from Singaradja to Makasser, superbly tied by commemorative cachet regarding the gift of a fighter plane (vNV.445r, used in Oct 1944). The text concerns business matters only

Lesser Soenda Islands. Anchor and Cherry Blossom postcard of 4 cent on thick paper Bu.283b, from Denpasar 29.11.45 to Gianjar. The text of the card begins with ´Merdeka´ because it is from the post capitulation period

Lesser Soenda Islands. Anchor and Cherry Blossom postcard of 4 cent on thin paper, distance between ´Alamat´ and ´Sipengirim´ 4 mm instead of 2 mm, Bu.273d (crease) from Denpasar 25.10.45 to Selong on Lombok. The text of the card begins with ´Salam merdeka!´ (greetings, freedom) because it dates after the Japanese occupation. The card is from the 3rd series and rather scarce. See: JR van Nieuwkerk, The Postal History of the Sunda Islands etc. (2008), p.77-78

Lesser Soenda Islands. Anchor and Cherry Blossom postcards of 4 cent, overprinted with 5 sen and 5 sen + 2 sen, unused although two copies are cto. Ampenan 3.0.3.46, Bu.274 (overprint on 2 different types of postcards) and 275

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. GOUVERNEMENT NIPPON OVERPRINT IN BLACK, THREE BLACK LINES THROUGH NED.INDIE AND BLACK BALI ANCHOR OVERPRINT ON 7½ CENT KREISLER LETTER SHEET TIED BY TEIKOKU SEIFU POSTMARK OF LABOEANHADJI, CENSORED AT AMPENAN BY KAJII AND OHI, SENT TO DENPASAR. THE TEXT CONCERNS FAMILY MATTERS. SEE: RJ VAN NIEUWKERK, THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS ETC. (2008), p.438-439. AN EXHIBITION ITEM OF GREAT IMPORTANCE, ONLY TWO OR THREE COPIES KNOWN

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. GOUVERNEMENT NIPPON OVERPRINT IN BLACK, THREE BLACK LINES THROUGH NED.INDIE AND GREEN BALI ANCHOR OVERPRINT ON 10 ON 12½ CENT KREISLER STATIONERY ENVELOPE TIED BY TEIKOKU SEIFU POSTMARK OF AMPENAN, CENSORED AT AMPENAN BY HANADA, SENT BY THE HEAD OF THE POST OFFICE AT AMPENAN, REGISTERED TO DJAKARTA 6.8.04.22. SEE: RJ VAN NIEUWKERK, THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS ETC. (2008), p.434-436. AN EXCITING ITEM OF WHICH ONLY THREE COPIES KNOWN

Moluccas. 2 Gulden Van Konijnenburg with orange Bali anchor overprint no. 531o-55g on money order piece, very fine cancelled Weda 19.5.12, on the island of Halmahera. Very rare, only 3 recorded. See: JR van Nieuwkerk, The Postal History of the Lesser Sunda Island, Moluccas etc. (2008), p.312, fig. 19d

Moluccas. 1 Gulden Van Konijnenburg with red-lilac Ambon anchor overprint no. 611r-54k tied in black by Telegraphic Money Order cancel Ambon 19.8.26 (vNV. type 305)

Moluccas. 10 Cent Van Konijnenburg with green Bali anchor overprint no. 531g-43II as a single franking cancelled Teikoku Seifu postmark from Ambon, sent by a heiho (Indonesian who joined the Japanese armed services) to his good wife in the Kemajoran camp at Batavia. Special censor marks, the long Fusho Sashidashi Kyoka (= Authorized to send sealed letters), the short ´Ken Etsu Zumi´ (= already checked). See: JR van Nieuwkerk, The Postal History of the Lesser Sunda Island, Moluccas etc. (2008), p.270, ill. 25

Moluccas. 5 Cent Numeral and 25 cent Van Konijnenburg both with red Bali anchor overprint nos. 531r-42, 47 on money order type Bu.JF42 to transfer 30 roepiah from Piroe 20.2.5. to Rengel 23.5.05 on Java

Moluccas. 3½ Cent postcard type Kreisler with black Military Ceram mark only, Bu.251b, on 7-2-2603 written at Nolloth (located on the northeast point of the island of Saparoea, cancelled Saparoea 8.2.03, showing censor SOEDAH PRIKSA / AMBON in frame with red censor seal of Kubo, to ´My not forgotten brother Matatula´ at the police office in Djatinegara. Most interesting postcard, both post-historical and personal. Exhibition item!