Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3707 |
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 1941 (July) Parbury Henty & Co envelope airmail to Medan Sumatra with Australia 9d Platypus solo tied by Melbourne cds cancel,
Dutch 'Geopend Militaire Censuur - Medan' censor label affixed over the Melbourne label & tied by 'MEDAN/24.7.40' cds, a couple of very minor blemishes. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3708 |
PSE |
 1941 (Aug 4) Postal Card Scenes 3½c grey from merchant with lengthy message in Chinese on reverse, airmail to Wonosobo (Java) with
Scenes 7½c violet added tied by 'KOETARADJA' cds and very fine strike of 'Militaire Censuur/Koetaradje' boxed handstamp (first type; narrow 'u' letters) in violet on the face, also 'MILITAIRE CENSUUR/MEDAN' cachet in magenta alongside, some marks &
adhesion at right which has damaged the stamp. Scarce local censor (first type) from Koetaradja (Banda Aceh), of which only a few examples are recorded. Banda Aceh at the northern tip of Sumantra lies some 3000kms NW of Wonosobo. Ex Paul
Bultermann. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3709 |
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 1941 (Nov 29) inwards airmail from England with KGVI 5/- Arms solo tied by Bromley & Beckenham machine cancel, censored with
British resealing tape at left, '95' cachet in black & 'NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER' boxed handstamp in violet on the face, light central fold & minor edge faults with part back flap missing. The rate to the Dutch East Indies was 2/6d per ½oz x2.
Carried by PanAm Clipper to New York & domestic US airmail to San Francisco, and was en route by PanAm Pacific Clipper via Hawaii when the service was suspended on 8.12.1941 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3710 |
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 1942 (circa Jan) envelope from "II Infanterie Depot, I Compagnie" to Batavia with white/orange 'VELDPOST' label and Queen 10c
orange solo tied by 'VELDPOST/DISTRIBUTIE KT. 2' undated boxed cachet, censored with 'VELDPOSTCENSUUR' black/brown resealing label tied front & back by 'GECENSUREDRD/ 109 ' cachet (spelling error) in magenta. van Putten & de Weijer state at page 99
that the original state is recorded in -.01.1942 only, and that by -.03.1942, the tail of the '9' broke off to form a small '0'. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3711 |
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 1942 (Jan 21) to Batavia with Scenes 2½c bistre x4 tied by 'SOERABAJA' cds, Royal Dutch Navy 'MARINE-POSTKANTOOR/SOURABAJA'
datestamp and 'MARINE- CENSUUR' black/brown resealing label tied by 'MARINE-CENSUUR/ E ' cachet in black. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3712 |
PSE |
 1942 (Feb 16) 'POSTBLAD' Aerogramme Scenes 7½c violet (message panel removed) to "Soerabaia" with 'BATAVIA-CENTRUM' cds, Royal
Dutch Navy partial 'MARINE-CENSUUR' black/brown resealing labels tied by very fine 'MARINE-CENSUUR/ L ' cachet in violet. Very late outgoing mail before the Japanese invasion. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3713 |
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 1942 (Feb 19) airmail cover from Durham, Great Britain to "Royal Air Force/Headquarters/JAVA" redirected (where?) to the RAF
Liaison Officer in Melbourne with very fine 'RAAF/BASE PO No1/8OC42/ MELBOURNE/AUST' arrival backstamp, forwarded again to "Repatriation Sanitorium/McLeod Mont Park" (a polite euphemism for the Mont Park mental asylum) with Melbourne machine of
14OCT/1942, minor spotting at the base. An outstanding WWII 'Horseshoe' Route cover. Singapore fell to the Japanese on 15.2.1942. Forces personnel who were not already in the Dutch Indies were withdrawn there and absorbed into the very short-lived
American British Dutch & Australian Command (ABDA). The Japanese invaded Java 10.1.1942 and all resistance ceased 12.3.1942. According to Ted Proud, the final eastwards flying boat service beyond India, per 'Coorong', got as far as the Andaman
Islands, arriving at Port Blair 20.2.1942. After that, services terminated at Calcutta. This item was presumably held there and forwarded by ship. Other explanations are invited. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3714 |
PSE |
 1942 - 45 Japanese Occupation group including two covers one 1943 official unfranked from Jakarta, the other 1945 with Pictorial
10c tied by Soerabaja cds, and two correspondence postcards with unoverprinted NEI 3½c Scenes solos, then a batch of Postal Cards including one unoverprinted NEI 3½c Scenes, 'DAI NIPPON' 3½c Scenes large-format x4 on various stocks and small-format
x13, Oxen 3½s grey x7 one with printed advertising for handicrafts & jewellery, and one Pictorials Village Scene 3½c orange-red, good range of censor markings and despatch postmarks including Bentjoeloek, Bondowoso, Kediri, Lawang, Pradjekan, Toeban,
etc, a few with some faults and/or minor water damage but many are fine to very fine.
(33) (Image1)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3715 |
PSE |
 1942 (Dec 25; Christmas Day) Japanese Occupation Prisoner of War Camp, Java Japanese POW postal card from a Dutch soldier at "JAVA"
camp to his family in Bandoeng, two Japanese 'chops' in red, soiled but presentable. The writer states - doubtless through gritted teeth - that "My health is excellent ... The Japanese feed us well ...". (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3716 |
PSE |
 1943 (circa) Japanese Occupation Bandoeng (Camp Z) Prisoner of War Camp, Java Japanese POW Postal Card with address details in
English & Malay endorsed "Java Z" with faint han of Hasegawa, in rosine, to the POW's uninterned wife at "Aloon Aloon/Tjitalengka", minor creasing. Hand-written message in lower-case, which was contrary to regulations. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3717 |
PSE |
 1943 Japanese Occupation Bandoeng Soemowono Women's Camp Java Dai Nippon 3½c Postal Card from "Karang Anom" with 'KLATEN' cds to
internee No 189 Room J at Soemowono, Japanese censor cachet (translated 'Oengaran Chief of Police Station') in violet. Apparently from an uninterned woman to her mother. Karanganom is a locality close to Klaten in south-central Java, about 340km SSE
of Bandoeng. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3718 |
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 1943 (Mar 24) Japanese Occupation Medan Prisoner of War Camp, Sumatra cover from Canada to "Singapore/Malaya" redirected with
endorsements "NC" (= Not Changi) & "Medan", Japanese censor in violet & han of Asanuma in scarlet, corner clipped at lower-right. Mail from Canada to the Malayan & Dutch Indies camps is rare. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$170.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3719 |
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 1943 (April 19) Japanese Occupation Parcel Card to Tandjong Balai with combination franking of Netherlands Indies Sumatra
overprints Queen 10c red & 1g violet and Negri Sembilan 'DAI NIPPON/ 2602/MALAYA' 30c violet & orange tied by Japanese Serbelawan (Sumatra) cds, Japanese censor han in red & chop in violet on reverse, 'Gunseibu Kantor Ekon/TANDJONG BALEI' handstamp &
receival cds backstamps, a couple of very minor blemishes. Rare mixed franking employed only on Sumatra which, for postal purposes, was administered from Singapore. Ex Paul Bultermann. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3720 |
|
 1943 (April 19) Japanese Occupation Parcel Card to Perlanaan with combination franking of Japan Horyu Temple 25c brown pair and
Negri Sembilan 'DAI NIPPON/2602/MALAYA' 30c violet & orange strip of 5 tied by Japanese Serbelawan (Sumatra) cds, Japanese censor han in red on reverse with receival cds alongside, a couple of very minor blemishes. Rare mixed franking employed only
on Sumatra (see also Malaya Lot 3654 above). Ex Paul Bultermann. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$800
SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3721 |
PSE |
 1943 Japanese Occupation Sumatra Death Railway Australian Red Cross envelope with Thick Obliterating Bar at the Base to a RAAF
member in Java where redirected to "Singapor" & then to "Pakan Baroe/Sumatra 6", Japanese censor cachet in violet & han of Asanuma in rosine, water-stained at left. Mail to or from Australians on the Death Railway is rare. A very fine example to the
same serviceman sold at our auction of 28.8.2024 for $1770.
By mid-1944, the Japanese had transported 6600 POWs from around the region to complete the rail link across the Sumatran Highlands between Pakan Baroe & Moeara, a distance of 220km. They were mostly British & Dutch but about 300 were a mix of
Americans, Australians & New Zealanders. Conditions were appalling and more than 700 died during the project, which was completed 15.8.1945, the day Japan surrendered. It was only ever used for transporting POWs. Camp 6 was at Soengeipagar, but all
mail was processed through Pakan Baroe. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3722 |
|
 1943 (June 7) Japanese Occupation Medan Prisoner of War Camp, Sumatra British cover to "Malaya" redirected with endorsements "NC"
(= Not Changi), "JVE" (Johore Volunteer Engineers) & "POW Medan", Japanese censor & han of Asanamura, edge faults at right. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3723 |
PSE |
 1943 (July) Japanese Occupation Baatavia (Camp X) Prisoner of War Camp, Java Japanese POW Postal Card with address details in
English & Malay endorsed "Java (X)" with han of Yamamoto, to uninterned civilian in "Shonan City (Singapore)" with bi-lingual arrival of 7.26.2603 (= 1943), redirected locally, endorsed "and [answered] 27.7.03", small stain at left. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3724 |
PSE |
 1944 (Apr 22) Japanese Occupation Soerabaja (Camp C) Prisoner of War Camp, Java British 3d POW Airmail Postal Card to an airman at
"Java Camp C.1458" (his number at that camp), British & Japanese censors in rosine including very fine han of Ujiie and superb Tanaka.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3725 |
PSE |
 1944 (May) Japanese Occupation Soerabaja (Camp WL) Prisoner of War Camp, Java Japanese POW Postal Card with address details in
English & Malay endorsed "Java WL", han of Umegaki & British censor both in rosine, endorsed on the reverse "Received on the 19 July 1945", minor bends. Based on the delivery date, this item would have been sent just before Pte English is known to
have been transferred to Sumatra. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3726 |
PSE |
 1944 (July 17) Japanese Occupation Civilian Internment Camp, Sumatra British 3d Airmail Postal Card to "British Civilian
Internee/Sumatra Camp" with British censor in rosine, no Japanese markings indicating it was received after Japan surrendered, on 15.8.1945.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
