France and French Colonies JAPANESE OCCUPATION 1942-1945
Sale No: 648
Lot No:852
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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 17. AUG., sent by a heiho (Indonesian who joined the Japanese armed services, in New Guinea€) to a lady in Djakarta. 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. Ex Bulterman (Image)