Camps in Netherlands Indies - Java continued...
LotNo. |
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
1401 |
PSE |
BANDOENG (CAMP A): 1942 (Dec 25; Christmas Day) Japanese POW Postal Card with address details in English & Malay with faint han of
Ujiiyi, to Wales with British censor in rosine, endorsed "Received August 43" at lower-left & "1st" on the reverse, minor bends. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1402 |
PSE |
BANDOENG (CAMP WM): 1945 (Aug 2) Japanese POW Postal Card with address details in English & Malay endorsed "Java WM - 1", from an
American sailor to his mother, Indian-pattern 'RAF POST 8/30.SEP.45/S.E.ASIA' cds, the reverse with New York arrival of OCT15/1945, '.../RETURNED TO BLVD STA' cds of 18.10.1945 & 'Not in Directory/Boulevard Station/CANNOT BE FOUND' cachet both in
purple, "Broome County" added to address with a further New York backstamp of 20.10.1945, unusually fine. Petty Officer Lowell Swartz survived the sinking of USS 'Houston' in the Battle of the Sunda Straits on 1.3.1942. Most of the survivors were
sent to work on the Burma-Thailand Railway, but Swartz apparently remained on Java. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1403 |
PSE |
BANDOENG (CAMP WM): 1945 (July 6) Japanese POW Postal Card with address instructions in English & Malay & light han of an unknown
censor, from a Dutch officer at "Djawa WM" to his wife in the civilian internee camp "Djawa CR" (in Batavia), the letter headed "2005" (Japanese calendar) in Malay with part of the first line scratched-out by the censor. Superb. Such inter-camp POW
mail is very scarce. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1404 |
PSE |
BANDOENG (CAMP WM): 1945 (Aug 2) Japanese POW Postal Card with address details in English & Malay endorsed "Java WM", no Japanese
markings, Indian-pattern 'RAFPOST/1 1OCT45 1/SOUTH EAST ASIA' cds with Inverted Dateline and endorsed at lower-left "Recd 5.10.45", small closed tear at the base. Very late wartime usage and not forwarded until after the camp was liberated, two
months later. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$350
SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1405 |
PSE |
BANDOENG (CAMP WM): 1945 (Aug 2) Japanese postal card with address instructions in English & Malay and endorsed "Java WM", to
London with no Japanese markings and part-strike of Indian-pattern RAFPO cds, endorsed on reverse "Recd 4.10.45". Written only 13 days before the Japanes surrendered. The absence of Japanese markings indicates the high level of chaos & confusion as
the prospect of defeat became inevitable. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1406 |
PSE |
BANDOENG (CAMP Z): 1943 (circa) Japanese POW Postal Card with address details in English & Malay endorsed "Java Z" with faint han
of Hasegawa, in rosine, to the POW's uninterned wife at "Aloon Aloon/Tjitalengka", minor creasing. Hand-written message in lower-case, which was contrary to regulations. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1407 |
PSE |
BANDOENG (CAMP Z): 1945 (June 20) British 1½d red-brown POW Airmail Postal Card to "Java Z" from Wales with British censor in
rosine, boxed 'UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/...' and 'RETURNED IN UNDELIVERED MAILS/FROM TERRITORY FORMERLY OCCUPIED/BY JAPANESE FORCES' both in violet, on return redirected within Wales with 'COLWYN BAY' machine, minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1408 |
PSE |
BATAVIA (CAMP X): 1943 (July) Japanese POW Postal Card with address details in English & Malay endorsed "Java (X)" with han of
Yamamoto, to uninterned civilian in "Shonan City (Singapore)" with bilingual arrival of 7.26.2603 (= 1943), redirected locally, endorsed "and [answered] 27.7.03", small stain at left. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1409 |
PSE |
BATAVIA (CAMP X): 1944 (Feb 7) Australian black/white POW envelope to a RAAF officer at "Djawa X", from Sydney but censored at
Melbourne, Japanese censor & han of Ojiie both in rosine, repaired opening-tear across the flap. Illustrated by David Tett in Volume 2 at page 69.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1410 |
PSE |
BATAVIA (DJATINEGARA INTERNMENT CAMP): 1943 (Sep 26) Dutch Indies 'DAI NIPPON' 3½c Postal Card on buff with cream back endorsed
"Djatinegara" at lower-left, to the women's protection camp at "Djakarta", five cachets all in rosine including Jakarta Police Station, Adek Prison and han of Goto, pencilled "11.11.2603" (= 1943) receival on the reverse. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1411 |
PSE |
BATAVIA (JAVA II INTERNMENT CAMP): Undated Australian Red Cross envelope with solid bar obliteration at the base censored at
Melbourne, to "Batavia/Civilian Internee/Java", Japanese censor & superb han of Umegaki both in rosine, very fine Camp II cachet in violet, pencilled "II/1" and "Recd 20.8.44", minor blemishes. Rare: David Tett records only one other item from
Australia to an internee. The sender was a senior employee of British firm Harrisons & Crosfield, which played a key role in the Malayan rubber industry. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$1,100.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1412 |
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BATAVIA (JAVA II INTERNMENT CAMP): 1943 (May 4) cover from Buckinghamshire with British censor label, to "D.E.I." with Japanese
censor & superb han of Umegaki both in rosine, very fine Camp II cachet in violet, pencilled "II/1" and "Recd 20.8.44". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$220.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1413 |
PSE |
BATAVIA (STRUYSWIJK JAIL): 1943 'DAI NIPPON' 3½c Postal Cards with 'KARTOEPOS' at Top from the prison to women's camp at "Kamp
Kramat", and from the prison to Perindoengan Camp, large camp censor in violet & han of Yajima in red or Tachi in rosine. The jail was a large compound in Batavia.
(2) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1414 |
PSE |
BATAVIA (TJIDENG CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP: Undated Japanese POW postal card printed in black & red/yellow-buff with printed censor
& unidentified han in scarlet, endorsed "Tjideng" at upper-left, to "Java CQ". This was a camp for women & children in suburban Batavia.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$170.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1415 |
PSE |
BATAVIA (UNKNOWN CAMP): 1943 (Oct-Nov) irregular usage of Australian blue/white POW lettersheet with faint 'JAPANESE RED
CROSS/TOKYO' cachet in violet, to airforce officer in Java, Japanese Red Cross 'roundel' cachet & censor with han of Suzuki all in rosine, writing-ink shows through the face. These lettersheets were intended for use to Australian POWs in Germany:
David Tett records no examples to Java or Sumatra. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$650.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1416 |
PSE |
BATAVIA INTERNMENT CAMPS: 1945 (Jan) Japanese POW postal card between family members in Camps "Djawa WN" and "Djawa CR" both in
Batavia, han of Watanabe in scarlet, lengthy message written in Malay, remarkably fine. Mail between camps is very scarce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1417 |
PSE |
BENTJOELOEK INTERNMENT CAMP: 1943 'DAI NIPPON' 3½c Postal Card with 'KARTOEPOS' at the top, pencilled "Bentjoeloek" at lower-left &
'BENTJOELOEK' cds to an uninterned civilian at Malang; and a similar card with 'KARTOEPOS' Omitted from an uninterned civilian in Soerabaja to her father at "Kolonisatie Kesilir/Bentjoeloek". The camp was located at a former agricultural colony at
Kesilir, in the far SE of Java see David Tett Volume 2 at page 112.
(2) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1418 |
PSE |
JAVA (UNKNOWN CAMP): 1943 (Aug 12) Australian Red Cross envelope with solid red bar obliterating the address at the base, to an
Australian officer at "Java Camp", censored in Melbourne, Japanese censor of Java Fu Honshu (Headquarters) & han of Suzuki both in rosine. Captain JS Winter was captured on Timor & a letter of 18.6.1943 was addressed to him there. In the intervening
two months it was learned in Australia that he had been moved to Java. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$480.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1419 |
PSE |
KEDIRI (SETONOPANDE INTERNMENT CAMP): Undated & uncancelled Dutch Indies 'DAI NIPPON' 3½c Postal Card endorsed
"Setondopande/Kediri" at lower-left, to the women's camp at "Kawarasan II/Kediri" with large District Police Department cachet in rosine, light central vertical fold. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$160.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |
1420 |
PSE |
SOERABAJA (CAMP C): 1942 (Dec 25; Christmas Day) Japanese POW Postal Card with address details in English & Malay endorsed "Java
(C)", unidentified Japanese han in rosine, faint British censor in rosine, faded typewritten addresses & message, endorsed "Received 30.12.43" on the reverse, minor bends. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-27, 08:00 PM |