Netherlands Indies: Japanese Occupation: An extensive archive of around 250 items locally assembled between 1945 and 1947 incl. pre-printed cards (approx. 110) for street vendor licences nearly all franked Netherlands Indies 5c. cancelled Soerabaja July-Aug. 1945, PTT department identity cards (approx. 75) bearing Japanese 10c. or Netherlands Indies adhesives, incoming Dai Nippon 31/2s. large format (10) and small format (5) stationery cards with various despatch marks, 1945 design 31/2s. and 5s. stationery cards (approx. 25) with long messages, around half without cancellations due to end of Occupation disruption, unoverprinted new designs (15), etc. Ex estate of John Debenham Taylor (1920-2016), former SOE and SIS operative under diplomatic cover in Surabaya during British Occupation 1945-47. Photo. (Image1)