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JAPANESE OCCUPATION 1942-1945 continued...

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1709

POW. Thailand. POW card Bu.PW42 written on 25 May 1944 by a corporal in Camp No. 2 via the liberated city of Eindhoven 2 April (1945) to Wormer, the Netherlands, showing a hexagonal censor mark, and red Dutch Red Cross ‘Het Nederlandsche Roode Kruis / Centr. Informatiebureau’ (Image)

Est. EUR 100

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1710

POW. Thailand. POW card Bu.PW42 written on 10 June 1944 by a lieutenant commander in Camp No. 4 via Eindhoven 23 May 1945 to Doorn, the Netherlands. Also a similar card, but written on 15 Jan 1944 (Image)

Est. EUR 150

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1711

POW. Japan. POW card Bu.PW26 from a brother in Fukuoka No. 2 to a brother in Willemstad, Curaçao, showing Japanese and American censors. Please realize the circumstances in which these cards were kept by the internee. Very rare destination for a POW card from Japan! (Image)

Est. EUR 200

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1712

POW. Thailand. POW card Bu.PW44 from a son in camp No. 6, undated, to family in Zaltbommel, the Netherlands (Image)

Est. EUR 75

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1713

POW. Thailand. Two POW cards Bu.PW44 from the same internee in camp No. 1, both undated, to family in Malang (Image)

Est. EUR 150

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1714

POW. Cover from a family in Amsterdam to an interned son in the Fukuoka camp No. 2, probably received 23 Aug 1943, showing German censor marks and label and Japanese censor (Image)

Est. EUR 75

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1715

POW. Cover from a family in Amsterdam to an interned son in the Fukuoka camp No. 2, probably received 19 Sep 1943, showing German censor marks and label and Japanese censor (Image)

Est. EUR 75

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1716

POW. Cover from a family in Amsterdam to an interned son in the Fukuoka camp No. 2, probably received 14 Nov 1943, showing German censor marks and label and Japanese censor (Image)

Est. EUR 75

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

POSTSTUKKEN TWEEDE WERELDOORLOG, INCL. AANLOOP EN NASLEEP

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1717

POW. Red Cross. International Red Cross envelope, without included Red Cross form, to the Fukuoka camp No. 2 showing in red ‘Serv. holl.’ (Service Hollandais) and Japanese censor mark, probably received 28 June 1943 (Image)

Est. EUR 100

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1718

POW. Red Cross. International Red Cross envelope to a boyfriend in a Fukuoka camp, on the right rough opened with finger, probably received 25 July 1943, included with the original Dutch Red Cross form, Jacobs RC7, completed by his girlfriend in Amsterdam (in Dutch) ‘Dear Jan. Why don’t I hear from you€ Have I waited all these years for nothing€ Do let me know. Your Bep.’ The form shows Egyptian (€) and Japanese censor marks (Image)

Est. EUR 100

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1719

Red Cross. Dutch Red Cross form completed by a person in Utrecht on 22 Aug 1945 with a message to a family in Soerabaja, arrival postmark 2 Feb 1946, however after many fruitless attempts to find the addressee (written ‘obk karth’ which stands for onbekend kartotheek = unknown card library), on 1 Mch 1945 via Batavia returned to sender (Image)

Est. EUR 100

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1720

Red Cross. Dutch Red Cross form completed by a person in Utrecht on 24 Sep 1945 with a family message, sent to an interned brother in POW camp No. 6 in Thailand, however, the person has been transferred to Manila on 7 Oct 1945 (from Manila the POW internees were transported to Java where the Indonesians started the war of independence) (Image)

Est. EUR 75

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1721

Red Cross. Dutch Red Cross form completed by a mother in Soest on 6 Oct 1943 asking for information about her son Willem, sent through the International Red Cross in Geneva to a family member in the USA, via the American Red Cross Inquiry Unit on 9 Mch 1944 to the addressee, replied on 23 Mch, via the American Red Cross on 27 Mch, the Dutch text translated into English on 25 June 1944, returned to sender (Image)

Est. EUR 75

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

JAPANESE OCCUPATION 1942-1945

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1722

Java. Rejected artists drawing of ca. 130 x 175 mm for a general issue stamp of 3½ cent (rate for a postcard), depicting a stylized frame with flowers and sunbeams and 'DAI NIPPON', by using pencil and crayon in green and blue, with on the reverse written 'Tjonto pranko' (= postage stamp example) and 'M. Oemar' (the name of the designer) 'Gang Noer No. 51/3A Bandoeng' (his home address). Unique! (Image)

Est. EUR 300

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1723

Java. Postage dues Dutch printing of 25 cent no. 85a and 40 cent no. 87a in pair on the back of a postal package form for a package of 1.75 kg originating from Keboemen, sent to Pasoeroean -5.9.05. Rare usage of postage dues (Image)

Est. EUR 50

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1724

Java. 3½ cent postcard in offset printing Bu.J1b from Bandoeng 4.4.42 (Christian year), written in Dutch which was still allowed in April 1942, to Djokjakarta, tied by the lozenge shaped cancel with Dutch text 'Seint via Radio' (= Signals via Radio). Rare usage of this postmark during the Japanese occupation, only known from Bandoeng ( latest usage in May 1942) and Cheribon (vN) V.080, R). Info enclosed (Image)

Est. EUR 75

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1725

Java. Looking for the addressee. 3½ Cent postcard (offset printing) Bu.J1b, written in Dutch which was still allowed in April 1942, from Djokjakarta 30.4.42 to a certain home address in Bandoeng, cancelled in violet 'TIDA DIPERKENANKEN / KOMBALI :' (= not allowed, return), a label is affixed with text 'adres baroe' (= new address) and from Bandoeng back to Djokjakarta -1.6.02, under address Hotel Djokja is written 'tida diperkenanken, kombali' (Image)

Est. EUR 75

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1726

Java. 3½ + 3½ Cent postcard with reply-paid card attached Bu.2 sent from Bataviacentrum (= Djakarta) 18.8.02 to Bandoeng, the reply-card from Bandoeng 31.8.02 back to Djakarta. This double card showing both the outward card and the still attached reply-card genuinely used is very scarce! (Image)

Est. EUR 100

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1727

Java. 3½ Cent postcard Bu.J11 cancelled in blue with the train-halt postmark GANDROENGMANGOEN (vNV.065, RR) via Maos 30.5.04 (Malay-Japanese cancel, vNV.100) to Semarang. Wonderful and rare item! (Image)

Est. EUR 100

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM

1728

Java. 2 Sen Kusunoki Red Warrior postcard without overprint (which is rare) cancelled with the commemorative cachet 'One year reopening of the postal service on 29 April 1943', the birthday of the Japanese emperor. The colour is red-violet or lilac-red, which is used in Djakarta and Soerabaja (Image)

Est. EUR 75

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-12, 11:59 PM