Moluccas. Cancellations. Teikoku Seifu postmark of Ternate in violet on 10 sen J10 on piece (also with censor mark of Ternate). Wonderful strike of this postmark! Rare usage of this Japanese stamp in the Moluccas!

Moluccas. Philatelic envelope bearing 2 sen Japanese stamps and Van Konijnenburg stamps with Bali anchors, cancelled Teikoku Seifu pmk Ternate

Moluccas. Ternate. 3½ Sen Dai Ni Hon postcard with red pencil re-valued to 4 sen, showing the red Ternate Minseibu authorization mark, Bu.259b (RRR), unused. This is the only copy known (used is also not recorded). See: vN. p.308. (The card has a hardly visable vertical crease in the middle and a slight damage at the bottom right, which does not influence the uniqueness of the card at all). Ex Vrijdag, Jacobs

Moluccas. 3½ Cent postcard of the General issue Bu.284 written in Saparoea (message is about family affairs), date crossed out by the censor, tied by Teikoku Seifu postmark of Saparoea, sent to Soerabaja. Saparoea did not have a censor mark, so it made a provisional one out of its postal cancellation (in fact misspelled as Saparoa, hence the censor corrected a charachter) and wrote 'soedah diperiksa' (= already been checked) with signature. See: JR van Nieuwkerk, 'The Postal History of the Lesser Sunda Islands, etc.' (2008), p.272, ill. 28c

Moluccas. 3½ Cent postcard type General issue for the Naval area Bu.284 cancelled Teikoku Seifu pmk Ambon, sent to Bogor (Java), red censor mark Bu.JC3a from Ambon. Added is an old picture postcard depicting the 'Post- en Zegelkantoor' (post office) of Ambon

Japanese Military Mail. Java. Two 3½ cent Kreisler postcards from Rewoeloe 3.11.04 and from Djokjakarta 15.11.04, both censored by Miki, to different soldiers from the 10417 Boentai in Burma. Detailed information added to the lot

Japanese Military Mail. Java. Cover franked with 5 sen Admiral Togo, cancelled Hyogo (?) 18.12.12, from a schoolmaster in Ibo-gun, Hyogo-ken to a soldier of the 111th Infantry Regiment on Java. Detailed information added to the lot

Japanese Military Mail. Java. 3 Different Military fieldpost cards from soldiers of the 16th Army Java Expedition (2x) and the 59th Division Java Expedition (1x) to Japan. Detailed information added to the lot

Japanese Military Mail. Sumatra. 7 Military fieldpost cards (5 different types) and 2 military picture postcards (1 unused), all to Japan. Scarce items! Interesting detailed information added to the lot

Japanese Military Mail. Sorong, New Guinea. 2 Sen Kusonoki Red Warrior postcard from Toyozo Nishiike, Tarui Party in Sorong to Toranojo Nishiike in Futami-Town, Japan. Censored by Tarui, the blue censor mark reads 'Tarui Party, Kanamaru Unit'. Very detailed information added to the lot

Japanese Military Mail. Koepang, Timor. Military fieldpost card type 'Dove and Helmet' Bu.F22 from Heiji Kawamura, Tamai Party in Koepang to Fujiko Kutoh in Shizuoka-City, Japan. Censored by Tamai. Detailed information added to the lot

Japanese Military Mail. Manchuria. Military fieldpost card type 'Dove and Helmet' from the 49th Unit, the Yamamoto Unit

P.O.W. Card Bu. PW8 written on 21 April 1945 in the English language by Henri Six in Camp Rantau Prapat, sent to his mother in Brastagi, received early July 1945

P.O.W. Card Bu.PW21 written circa 15 Dec 1942 from the Wagale Camp in Burma to IJmuiden in The Netherlands, showing Japanese and German censor marks

P.O.W. Card for P.O.W. in Thailand, however written in the Dutch language on 21 Aug 1945 at Saigon, Bu.PW24, sent to Brastagi in Sumatra's East Coast, showing violet Allied censor mark. Obviously the addressee cannot be found, forwarded to 'Manggalaan 10, onbekend, wijk II' (= Mangga street 10, unknown, quarter II', also written 'KDP' (= Kantoor/Office Displaced Persons). Very rare card

Miscellaneous. Linen blue label from Tokyo to the Berlin Railway Post Office 4 in Germany. Meaning unknown to us