South and East Borneo. Postage paid written in red ink 'Telah bajar bea 20 sen' with initials on complete money order Bu.JF44a to transfer 10 roepiah from Balikpapan 9.8.04 to Solo (Java) 19.8.04. Wonderful quality and rare!

South and East Borneo. Postage paid mark 'BAJAR BEA 10 SEN' in frame Bu.JB10 type D on complete money order Bu.JF44a to transfer 5 roepiah from Balikpapan 9.8.04 to Ambarawa (Java) 20.8.04. Superb quality and rare!

West Borneo. 60 Cent van Konijnenburg without overprint no. 52g on fragment of a parcel post card, tied Pontianak 25.6.05, backstamped Mampawa 27.-6.05 (vNV.050)

West Borneo. 1 Gulden van Konijnenburg without overprint no. 54g (very rare!) and 25 cent Kreisler with black small anchor overprint no. 421z-28b in pair together on m.o. fragment cancelled Pontianak 23.11.4 (backstamped Ngabang 10.12.5 and 12.12.5, vNV.012). Also Japanese stamp of 10 sen from the 2nd Showa series J47 in vertical pair, cancelled Sanggau 29.2.4. Although this pair is illustrated in several literature, this happens to be a back-dated forgery made after the war in Osaka. Nevertheless useful for reference (information added to the lot)

West Borneo. 10 Gulden van Konijnenburg with violet large anchor overprint, applied in Pontianak, no. 411v-57, unused. Scarce stamp! € 360

West Borneo. 60 Cent van Konijnenburg with lilac small anchor overprint, applied in Pontianak, no. 421l-52g, unused

West Borneo. 80 Cent van Konijnenburg with violet small anchor overprint, applied in Singkawang, no. 432v-53k, on m.o. fragment, superbly cancelled delivery house Bengkajang with written date in ink 10-1-04

West Borneo. 15 Cent van Konijnenburg and 5 cent Numeral on m.o. fragment, both with lilac small anchor overprint, applied in Pamangkat, the so-called 'drunken anchor of Pamangkat', nos. 432l-42, 44, cancelled Pamangkat .7.8.... respectively 24.11.3.

West Borneo. 25 Cent Kreisler and 30 cent van Konijnenburg on fragment of a parcel post card, all with black narrow 'fishhook' anchor overprint, applied in Pontianak, nos. 441z-28b and 48 in strip of three, cancelled Pontianak respectively Sambas 4.6.05

West Borneo. 3½ Cent postcard type Kreisler in offset print with black large 'high' broken Pontianak anchor overprint (black type 413 anchor), unused. Not recorded in black, only in violet (see Bu.208a, Nash p.173). Checked by Fred Nash, it is a genuine overprint and so far not recorded yet

West Borneo. 2 Cent Kreisler with violet small Pontianak anchor overprint on printed matter envelope, locally sent Pontianak 2.10.03. Scarce single franking!

West Borneo. 10 Cent van Konijnenburg with violet large Pontianak anchor overprint no. 411v-43bg on commercial cover from Pamangkat -3.7.3 to Pontianak. See: MTC, p.96

West Borneo. 30 Cent van Konijnenburg with violet small Singkawang anchor overprint no. 432v-48 on money order with red large Pontianak anchor overprint Bu.JF41a to transfer Rp 40.28 from Singkawang 27.10.04 to the delivery house Bengkajang, backstamped with written date in black ink 6/11-'04

West Borneo. 80 Cent van Konijnenburg with red large Pontianak anchor overprint no. 414r-53k on complete money order with violet large Pontianak anchor overprint Bu.JF41a to transfer 200 roepiah from Poetoessibau 3.6.04 to Pontianak 16.6.04. Very good item from a small sub-post office in excellent quality!

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. EMERGENCY ISSUE FOR FLORES, USED ON SOEMBA. 10 SEN NIPPON GUN-SEI KITTE (= JAPAN MILITARY STAMP) NO. 14, JSCA NO. 9N1, CANCELLED WAINGAPOE 12.7.43.10. IN VIOLET WITH THE PRE-WAR CANCEL WITH CHRISTIAN DATE. THE ONLY ITEM FROM 1943 KNOWN FROM SOEMBA. ONLY TWO GUN-SEI KITTE STAMPS FROM SOEMBA KNOWN. WONDERFUL AND EXTREMELY RARE STAMP. SEE: JR VAN NIEUWKERK, 'THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE SUNDA ISLANDS ETC.' (2008), P.199, 223 (ILL.) AND IN MTC P.109. EXHIBITION ITEM OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. € 3,000+

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. LOMBOK. 5 CENT NUMERAL WITH LIGHT PINK RADIATING SUN OVERPRINT, USED AT LABOEHANHADJI, NO. 512l-42. A LOCAL LABOEHANHADJI OVERPRINT, THE DAI NI HON CHARACTERS ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AND ALSO THEIR POSITION ACROSS FROM THE BEAMS. FOUR COPIES KNOWN, THESE TWO ON MONEY ORDER FRAGMENT, ONE IN THE DUTCH NATIONAL ARCHIVE, AND ONE OTHER SINGLE. THE STAMPS ARE TIED BY TEIKOKU SEIFU POSTMARK OF LABOEHANHADJI, BACKSTAMPED SOLO (ON JAVA) ...03.11. SEE: JR VAN NIEUWKERK, 'THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE SUNDA ISLANDS ETC.' (2008), P.106 (ILL.), ALSO ILLUSTRATED IN THE DAI NIPPON CATALOGUE ON P.437. EXHIBITION ITEM OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. EXTREMELY RARE. EX MATTERN. € 3,200+