GERMANY, "Germania"- stamps overprinted 'Saar', 'Saargebiet', 'China', 'Marocco', 'Para' and 'Piaster', all VF used incl. better stamps, and also France Pexip-block cancelled 'Paris-Boulevard Germania' (Image)

GERMAN OFFICES ABROAD and COLONIES, beautiful collection o/*/** and a nice range of covers and cards, with very good numbers f.i. China 27, Turkey 23I (cert. Jäschke-L.), 23II, 35(signed Hollmann BPP), South West Africa 32(signed Bothe) Kiautschou 17(signed Bothe), Marianen 19 (signed Brettl) etc. etc. (Image)

RUSSIA-SOVIETUNION, 1858-1940, o/* fresh collection in album with a lot of better nos. and sets, f.i. Mi. 212/14, 296/97C, 326/27, 390/91, 402/03A+B, 410/11, 414/28, 453/55, 462/66, 476/87, 494/98, 499/508, 509/12, 523/31, 588/601, 637/45 and some back of the book material with Levant, Wenden, Post in China etc. Beautiful lot with very high cat. value (Image)

1 Cent Kreisler and 2x 2 sen Japanese occupation all with pen stroke and 5 sen J25, stamps from three different periods on a wrapper from Djakarta 12.9.6.-8 (Image)

2 Cent Dancer with pen stroke in pair and 3 sen J28A in pair on two Japanese fieldpost cards for the Air Force, from Genteng 11.4.47.14 to Djember 11.4.47.14 respectively from Tanggoel 18.3.-7.10 to Banjoewangi (Image)

5 Sen postcard from the Japanese occupation Bu.RJ.N4 from Djakarta 25.10.6. to Bandoeng, with two red propaganda cachets ‘Tetap Merdeka’ and framed ‘Apakah Toean…’ (Are you a good Indonesian citizen…’. Very seldom seen and not listed (Image)

5 Sen Japanese postcard, not cancelled, with additional strike of the franking machine no. 63 at Djakarta together with red framed ’Repoeblik Indonesia’ Bu.RJ10, value 010 sen, on 24.2.7.10 to Tjirebon. Value 10 sen on this postcard not listed by Bu. (Image)

5 Sen overprinted Japanese field postcard with additional strike of the franking machine no. 63 at Djakarta together with red framed ’Repoeblik Indonesia’ Bu.RJ10b, value 5 sen, on 7.10.-6.3 to Ambarawa (Image)

5 Sen postcard ‘Commemorating Independence’ Bu.RJ6 bearing 1 cent Kreisler with brush stroke and 2x 2 sen Japanese occupation without brush stroke from Pegandon 15.5.4.6.7 to Demak, with smudged strike ‘Merdeka’ left of the 1 cent. Very fine card with nice mixed issue franking (Image)

2 and 3 Sen Dance rand 20 cent Japanese occupation with overprint J13 on money order Bu.RF4 to transfer 4 roepiah from Kedoeng-/Banteng 20.4.46 to Madioen 22.4.6.9 (Image)

3½ Sen Japanese occupation with pen stoke through country name 5x and cancelled faint with framed ‘Repoeblik – Indonesia P.T.T.’ on the front and 1 cent Kreisler with red pen stroke through country name 4x on the reverse, on money order Bu.RF3c to transfer 19,70 roepiah from Solo 5.4.46 to Madioen 6.4.6.13 (Image)

5 Cent Dancer in pair and 10 cent Japanese occupation, all without written or stamped overprint, on international money order, for inland use instead of abroad, Bu.RF2 (on top small tear repaired) to transfer 8 roepiah from Blitar 3.11.4.5.10 to Soerabaja -4.11.45.13. Rare postal form! (Image)

Sumatra. General Issues. Surcharges with small ornament and new value. One card bearing 50 sen on 40 sen (4x) + f 1,- on 40 sen (3x), the other card bearing f 1.- on 5 sen blue-green in strip of 5 (1 copy damaged), both cards are former Neth. Indies military fieldpost cards with overprint in Japanese and Malayan text, used in the Republik as a PTT document for information about the arrival and payment from a sent money order of f. 1000 from Manindjau 21.2.48 respectively f. 250 from Parianan 4.10.47, both to PTT in Boekittinggi (Image)

Folder. Small but interesting collection of used and unused stamps from Java and Sumatra, without or with Japanese and/or Republican overprints, including some goodies, on two stock cards (Image)

Japan 1929, First Round the World Flight, postcard from Tokio 21.8.29 to Los Angeles Aug 26, usual flight cachet, very fine (Sieger 31A) (Image)

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)