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DUTCH NEW GUINEA. THE MUCH SOUGHT-AFTER 3½ CENT POSTCARD WITHOUT OVERPRINT AND SHOWING IN BLACK THE CERAM MINSEIBU AUTHORIZATION MARK FROM AMBON, Bu.251b (CREASE) WRITTEN ON 1-5-03 (THE '0' CHANGED INTO '4' WITH PENCIL) IN FANINDI, A VILLAGE JUST NORTH OF MANOKWARI, BY A MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTER IN DJAKARTA (JUST FAMILY AFFAIRS). THE POSTCARD IS CANCELLED MANOKWARI 5.5.43.10 (TYPE 050). CENSORS HAND-WRITTEN 'DIPERIKSA' AND Bu.JC3a FROM AMBON, CENSOR CHOP FROM MR. YOKOOJI. THE ONLY CARD RECORDED FROM OCCUPIED NEW GUINEA. SEE: (1) 'JAPANSE BEZETTING VAN NED.- INDISCH NIEUW-GUINEA' (SvL, ZWP. APRIL 1986), (2) JR VAN NIEUWKERK, 'THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS...', p.323-324. EX BONN. ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR POSTAL ENTIRES OF THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES, BEING OF GREAT POSTAL HISTORIAN IMPORTANCE AND AN OUTSTANDING EXHIBITION ITEM OF THE HIGHEST CALIBRE