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!

Moluccas. 3½ Cent postcard general issue Bu.284 tied by Teikoku Seifu postmark of Ambon, censored with seal of Kono, sent to Djatinegara, redirected to Djakarta

Folder. Japanese propaganda illustrations, removed top of matchboxes, 12 used labels (11 different), most of them with images of humorous illustrations, some with Japanese and/or Indonesian text, and 2 American labels (both the same). A nice and rarely seen addition to any collection of the Japanese occupation of the Netherlands East Indies

Folder. Java. 29 Postal items including unused postal stationery, few registered covers, a power of attorney, locally sent (Soerabaja 02) but returned to sender, 7 receipts, some with revenues, etc

Folder. Borneo, Celebes & Bali. Some 25 covers/cards/money orders with several frankings, censors, postal stationery (some unused), postmarks, long size official covers, philatelic cover from Denpasar 29.10.45, and so on

Folder. Miscellaneous. 12 Covers/cards, some unused, few philatelic, and a few unused stationery from the pre-war period

Folder. Malaya. Used stamps and 5 covers/cards, some registered, sent to Java

Folder. Philippines. Some 30 covers/cards showing several frankings, some philatelic, postmarks, censors, postal stationery postcards including few unused and a banknote of 5 pesos (2 pinholes)

Japan. Propaganda picture showing Japanese bomber planes, with cancelled postage stamps, and text in Indonesian language on the reverse, amongst others ´Japan is at war to set free Muslims from the milking and oppression of Britain and America´. Historical

Folder. Japan. Japanese stamps, mainly used in the occupied Neth. East Indies, mostly Sumatra, few c.t.o. on Lombok. some in Malaya and Riouw Islands, 5 with Republican overprints