POW. Netherlands Indies. Java. POW envelope Bu.PW2 (repaired) from Major General van Rees to his wife in Bandoeng, received 25 Jan 1943. This POW envelopes were only for high ranking officers. General BDJ van Rees was old-inspector of Military Medicine Service of the KNIL. Extremely rare, only two recorded

POW. Netherlands Indies. Celebes. POW card Bu.PW9 from the Kampili Camp written on 13 May 1945 to family in Pare Pare, received in the Bolong Camp (Toradja region) on 24 July 1945

POW. Netherlands Indies. Celebes. POW card Bu.PW10 from Tomohon (North Celebes) written by a woman and sent to her aunt and uncle in Batavia

POW. Netherlands Indies. Burma. POW card Bu.PW22 from a camp in Moulmein, with on the reverse only a printed text with signature of the sender, to Galang in Sumatra´s East Coast, redirected to Brastagi. Extremely rare POW card (Bu.RRR)

POW. Netherlands Indies. Japan. POW card Bu.PW27a from a camp in Osaka to Malang, Java

POW. Netherlands Indies. Japan. POW card Bu.PW26 from Fukuoka Camp No. 2 in the harbour of Nagasaki, Japan, to Bandoeng, several times redirected within the city. Ex Hiegentlich

POW. Netherlands Indies. Japan. POW card Bu.PW31b from Tokyo 10 May 1945 to Amsterdam and from there many times redirected, also to Celebes (Pinrang, Pare Pare) and Batavia 1 Feb 1946. Very interesting postal history item!

POW. Netherlands Indies. Thailand. POW card Bu.PW44 from the POW Camp 4 to Bandoeng

POW. Netherlands Indies. Germany. Illustrated POW card from an internee in Germany with text (in Dutch) ´With our best wishes for Christmas and 1942´ on 30 Dec 1941 via the International Red Cross in Geneva to Bandoeng, showing German and Japanese censors. Very interesting postal history item!

Post-occupation Curiosities. Netherlands Indies. Pre-war Red Cross envelope of 75 cent to the Contactbureau Indië-Nederland genuinely used post-war, bearing 15 cent Kreisler and 60 cent Van Konijnenburg, both cancelled with the Gunseibu In overprint type 711v from the Japanese occupation of Banka & Billiton, backstamped Batavia-C. 26 April 1946. Most unusual and only a few similar covers known

Republik. Java. Red pencil overprint R I and country name crossed out on 2½ cent Dancer in pair, cancelled Tjiwidej. We have not seen this overprint before

Republik. Java. Handstamped two-line overprint REPOEBLIK/INDONESIA on 3½ cent Kreisler, 2 cent (strip of three) and 3 cent Dancer nos. 21z-19a (cancelled Tasikmalaja), 21z-66 (unused, few perfs missing) and 21z-68 (unused). € 270

Republik. Java. Handstamped two-line violet overprint REPOEBLIK/INDONESIA on 2 cent Dancer no. 22v-66, unused

Republik. Java. Manuscript overprints Republik/Indonesia on 2 cent Dancer, RI on 2 cent Dancer, Rep.Ind. on 2½ cent Dancer in pair, two-line Repoeblik/Indonesia on 2½ cent Dancer in pair with overprint on each stamp, two-line violet Rep./Indonesia on 4 cent Dancer and red on 1 cent Kreisler + 4 cent Dancer on piece, all cancelled. Cat. ca. € 540

Republik. Java. Typewritten two-line violet overprint Repoeblik/Indonesia on 1 and 2½ cent Kreisler, cancelled Temondjokja (RR) resp. Cirebon, and red vertical overprint INDONESIA on 5 cent Dancer, cancelled. Rare stamps!

Republik. Java. 2 Sen commemorative stamp to mark the first anniversary of the Japanese occupation of Java with violet typewritten two-line overprint Repoeblik/Indonesia. and delation of the former country name no. 26v-72, used locally in Banjoemas. Scarce stamp! € 95