Moluccas. 10 Cent Van Konijnenburg with green Bali anchor overprint no. 531g-43bg as a single franking tied Teikoku Seifu postmark from Ambon, small date cancel 16. AUG., sent by a heiho (Indonesian who joined the Japanese armed services) to Padalarang, Java. 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. 10 Cent Van Konijnenburg with green Bali anchor overprint no. 531g-43bg as a single franking tied Teikoku Seifu postmark from Ambon, small date cancel 17. AUG., sent by a heiho (Indonesian who joined the Japanese armed services, in New Guinea?) to a lady in Djakarta. 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. Ex Bulterman

Moluccas. 30 Cent Van Konijnenburg with red Bali anchor overprint no. 531r-48 on complete money order from Saparoea 19.12.13 via Ambon 19.12.22 TMO cancel) to Malang 16.2.05

Photos. Original photo with typed explanation ´Japanese Prisoners of War unloading food for the Women Protection Camps´ and photo card with typed explanation ´Surrendering the bloodish Samurai Swords by the Japs´ under ´Aussies´ supervision´ (illustrated in Bulterman on p.296)

Java. Picture postcard of Japanese fast trains with 3½ and 10 cent stamps cancelled Soerabaja 22.3.0.4 14, showing on the back an overview of Japanese katakana script and the Indonesian translation

Java. Picture postcard from the Netherlands East Indies pre-war times depicting the old city gate of Batavia, showing the 4 characters in red meaning Gun Sei Yu Bin = Military Post, written by a Japanese soldier to his brother, censored and sent from Djakarta to Tokyo. Picture postcards used during the Japanese occupation are rare

Sumatra. Picture postcard depicting the Grand Mosque at Medan, showing the printed 4 characters in black meaning Gun Sei Yu Bin = Military Post, designed by the Medan Army, printed in 1943 by Varekamp Printing Company at Medan, Bu.F15, censored and sent from Medan to Tokyo. Printed picture postcards by the Japanese occupied forces are rare

Java. Military fieldpost card Bu.F3 from Java to Nagasaki, censored 10.23, right from the censor mark stating ´Expedition Forces for Java´, ´Osamu´ = code for the 16th Army and ´10333 regiment´. The censor has blackened a few words on the reverse

Sumatra. Proof for a Japanese Military fieldpost card, red on yellow thick paper, printed by Varekamp Printing Company at Medan, written order for 20,000 copies for the Kempei (costing 70 guilders). Probably unique

Sumatra. Proof for a Japanese Military fieldpost card, red on white thick paper, the reverse printed in black, printed by Varekamp Printing Company at Medan, written order for 100 copies for Mr. Hasekawa (costing 2 guilders). Probably unique

Naval occupation. Military fieldpost card type dove on helmet, depicting a colored doll printed on the reverse, Bu.F22, from a soldier of the Tadenuma Company, Shin 9315 Corps, Australian Detachment, sent to the post office of Omachi. This corps, named Big Sheep (= Australia) was stationed in the Moluccas/New Guinea and meant for attacking Australia. Information in Dutch added

Naval occupation. Military fieldpost card (printing no. 15192, printed at Soerabaja) type open star Bu.F21 from a soldier of the Gohoku Haken (Expedition forces for attacking Australia), Ken (code name for the 5th Division), 4802 Butai (4802nd Regiment), located on the Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Islands and New Guinea, sent to Minakami in Japan

Singapore. Military fieldpost card with on the reverse picture depicting an inland river with ships, showing at the front two rectangles, written on 1 Jan 05 in Indonesian (´recently I received a letter from Mas Slamet´), the sender is a heiho (Indonesian in the Japanese army of the Djawa Haken = Java corps), sent to Lawang. Rare item

Sumatra. Military fieldpost card, 2 different types for Sumatra. Type star, red on yellow paper Bu.F14a, and type Star, red on orange paper Bu.F14b

Sumatra. Military fieldpost card, 3 different types, all sent from Sumatra. Type with 2 rectangles Bu.F11, and type star, red on white creamy paper, from the Tomi 9148 Unit, Matumura Party, and type star, red on green paper, from Tomi 10336, sent to Osaka

Sumatra. Seven military fieldpost cards, 4 printed including one with reply-paid card attached, and 3 home-made, all different, 1 sent to Batang (Java), 3 probably to Japan, others within Sumatra (includes Bu. F16 from Sigli to Medan). Interesting set