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 (Image)

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 (Image)

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 (Image)

Java. Military fieldpost cards, two different types, one with 2 rectangles and 5 characters Bu.F1a from Java, 16th expedition army, unit 10801, to Japan, the other in carmine on cream colored paper with picture in the left corner Bu.F4 (corner fold) written in Indonesian on 27 June 1942, from Tjirebon (Cheribon) to a bookstore in Djakarta (Image)

Japan. 2 Sen Kusunoki Red Warrier postcard tied by machine cancellation on 22 Oct 1943 from a mother in Japan to her son, a soldier in Djakarta (Image)

Java. Two different military fieldpost cards (similar to Bu.F23), one red print on light brown paper from Pati 11/3-´04 to Salatiga and another with red print on cream colored paper, reverse white glossy paper from Oka 15805, Boetai Kattsoeta Tai (€) to Djokjakarta. Both cards are written in Indonesian, probably by a heiho (Indonesian working for the Japanese army) (Image)

Naval occupation. Military fieldpost card with anchor design from a heiho (Indonesian working for the Japanese army), Kaigun Se 21 - Se 44, written in Indonesian, sent to Tjepper near Klatten (Central Java) (Image)

Java. Japanese military fieldpost card, picture in left corner and in blue print on white paper (similar to the carmine-red card Bu.F4 but with print no. 384 ´03 (in right corner below), sent to Tegal 26.10.-0.3.- (Image)

Sumatra. Atjeh. 10 Cent Van Konijnenburg with violet Atjeh star overprint no. 111v-43bg, Japanese stamps J3 and J5, and Malayan stamps pair unlisted 2 cent Straits Settlements with Dai Nippon 2602 Malaya overprint and unlisted 10 cent Perak with Dai Nippon Yubin overprint from Meulaboh 19.8.25 registered to Djakarta 26.9.04 showing several censors like with sewing machine (Image)

Riouw Islands. 4 Cent Postcard for Malaya Bu.195 from Tandjongpinang 2604-6.1. (Japanese postmark vNV. type 296) to Djakarta. On the reverse an array of occupation stamps, including two pairs of 2 cent orange Straits Settlements with red overprint 121r-M3 which is rare! (Image)

Riouw Islands. 4 Cent Postcard for Malaya Bu.195 (crease) from Dabosingkep 9-30-2603 (Japanese postmark vNV. type 295, R) to Djakarta. Scarce (Image)

North Celebes. 3½ Cent postcard type Kreisler with small orange disk with black bar overprint in combination with black Menado anchor overprint and 7 Japanese characters Bu.244b from Menado to Djakarta (Image)

North Celebes. 7½ Cent letter sheet with black Menado anchor overprint and 7 Japanese characters Bu.247 cancelled with violet Teikoku Seifu pmk Tolitoli, written on 14 San-Gatsu 2604 (14 March 1944), from a father sent to his children in Djakarta (Image)

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. FLORES. 10 SEN NIPPON GUN-SEI KITTE (MEANING JAPAN MILITARY STAMP) FOR FLORES NO. 14 ON PIECE CANCELLED ROETENG 19.6.43.8. WONDERFUL STAMP. SEE: JR VAN NIEUWKERK, ´THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE SUNDA ISLANDS ETC.´ (2008), P.199. CERT. EX VAN STRIELAND. € 3,000 (Image)

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. FLORES. 10 SEN NIPPON GUN-SEI KITTE (MEANING JAPAN MILITARY STAMP) FOR FLORES NO. 14 CANCELLED MAOEMERE 7.7.43. WONDERFUL STAMP. THE ONLY GUNSEI KITTE CANCELLED MAOEMERE. SEE: JR VAN NIEUWKERK, ´THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE SUNDA ISLANDS ETC.´ (2008), P.199, 211 (ILL. 25a). € 3,000 (Image)

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. FLORES. 10 SEN NIPPON GUN-SEI KITTE (MEANING JAPAN MILITARY STAMP) FOR FLORES NO. 14 ON COVER, TIED BY CDS ENDEH 24.2.43.-8, SENT BY THE PASTOR AT NDONA TO PASTOR CORNELISSEN AT THE SEMINARY OF TODA-BELOE (NEAR BADJAWA). ON THE REVERSE AN EMERGENCY CENSOR LABEL WITH WRITTEN TEXT ´SOEDAH DI PERIKSA (KEN SA DJOEMI) AND THE SEAL OF INTERPRETER ITO. SEE: JR VAN NIEUWKERK, ´THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE SUNDA ISLANDS ETC.´ (2008), P.198, 207 (ILL. 16a). THIS COVER IS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF A COLLECTION JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. EXHIBITION ITEM OF GREAT IMPORTANCE! (Image)

Lesser Soenda Islands. 2 Sen Kusunoki Red Warrier postcard with 3½ overprint Bu.250 showing a enjoyable franking on the front of a Japanese stamp of 3 sen J4 and 1 cent Kreisler with orange Bali achor overprint and 7½ cent Dancer with red Bali anchor overprint in block of four, and on the reverse 2 cent Kreisler with orange Bali anchor overprint in block of four and 4 cent Dancer with red Bali anchor overprint, sent as a locally sent philatelic souvenir from Tabanan 100 (Image)

LESSER SOENDA ISLANDS. FLORES. 5 SEN NIPPON GUN-SEI KITTE (MEANING JAPAN MILITARY STAMP) POSTCARD FOR FLORES IN GREEN ON LIGHT-GREEN THICK PAPER Bu.282b, NOT VALID ANYMORE, THEREFOR FRANKED WITH 2 CENT KREISLER WITH BLACK BALI ANCHOR OVERPRINT IN PAIR, WITH WRITTEN WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS 1945 AND NEW YEAR´S DAY 1946, FROM RIOENG TO ENDEH, SHOWING THE STRAIGHT-LINE PLACE-NAME CANCEL ENDEH. SEE: JR VAN NIEUWKERK, THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS ETC. (2008), p.202. EXHIBITION ITEM OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. ONLY THREE CARDS WITH TWO KREISLER STAMPS OF 2 CENT ARE KNOWN (Image)

Lesser Soenda Islands. Anchor and Cherry Blossom postcard of 4 cent on thin paper, distance between ´Alamat´ and ´Sipengirim´ 4 mm instead of 2 mm, Bu.273d (crease) from Denpasar 25.10.45 to Selong on Lombok. The text of the card begins with ´Salam merdeka!´ (greetings, freedom) because it dates after the Japanese occupation. The card is from the 3rd series and rather scarce. See: JR van Nieuwkerk, The Postal History of the Sunda Islands etc. (2008), p.77-78 (Image)

Moluccas. 10 Cent Van Konijnenburg with green Bali anchor overprint no. 531g-43II as a single franking cancelled Teikoku Seifu postmark from Ambon, sent by a heiho (Indonesian who joined the Japanese armed services) to his good wife in the Kemajoran camp at Batavia. 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 (Image)

Folder. Philippines. Some 30 covers/cards showing several frankings, some philatelic, postmarks, censors, postal stationery postcards including few unused and a banknote of 5 pesos (2 pinholes) (Image)

Japan. Propaganda picture showing Japanese bomber planes, with cancelled postage stamps, and text in Indonesian language on the reverse, amongst others ´Japan is at war to set free Muslims from the milking and oppression of Britain and America´. Historical (Image)

Folder. Japan. Japanese stamps, mainly used in the occupied Neth. East Indies, mostly Sumatra, few c.t.o. on Lombok. some in Malaya and Riouw Islands, 5 with Republican overprints (Image)

Folder. Japan. 10 Covers/cards, some philatelic, some privately illustrated, two sent from Japan to Dr. Hausman at Soerabaja, showing Allied censors, etc. (Image)

SUMATRA. Some 70 covers/cards/money orders with several frankings, including Japanese stamps, stamps with overprints and some philatelic, censors (marks, labels, sewing machine, seals), postmarks including commemorative cachets, only sent postal stationery postcards and envelope, registered, postage dues, and so on (Image)