Small selection including 1859 folded entire to Batavia with largely very fine 'SOURABAYA/ ONGEFRANKEERD' large oval handstamp in blue, 1931 inwards airmails from the Netherlands at 36c rate x2 one re-directed with 'BUITENZORG/SEINT VIA RADIO' diamond backstamp, 1938 inwards airmail from Switzerland with Helvetia 50c & Hermes 1f rated "9g" weight, 1941 inwards Trans-Pacific Clipper with Columbia Pictures 'Our Wife' movie 70c advertising meter, 1940s Japanese Occupation complete folded parcel wrappers x2 both registered from Bandoeng to Semarang with combination frankings one with Occupation 10s Java Anniversary & 20c Map and Netherlands Indies 3c Scenes (and another stamp removed), the other with Occupation 10c Temple x2 & Netherlands Indies 4c Dancer x2, also various flight covers including 1933 inwards postcard with 'sGRAVENHAGE-DIERENTIUM/LILLIPUT' rubber cds in violet, and 1949 Netherland Indies, Indonesia & Overprints combination franking on Amsterdam-Paramaribo flight, etc, condition generally fine to very fine except as noted.
(23) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3692
Symbol: C
1930 (circa) real photo postcard to Australia posted on board ship with Pictorials 2½c x2 & 5c tied by oval 'KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART/S.S./NIEUW HOLLAND/MAATSCHAPPIJ' undated ship cachets, on arrival at Townsville boxed 'PAQUEBOT' h/s (Hosking #1526) applied alongside, a few blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3693
Symbol: CL
1936 (Oct 1) TH Reumerman 'Trade Code Condenser' (whatever that is!) envelope to the USA endorsed "via United States Airmail Service" with Numerals 10c violet and Queen Wilhelmina 20c purple & 1g brown tied by Batavia Molenvliet cds cancels also tying 'AV5' airmail label, black & red/white R label alongside on the face and wax seals on reverse, New York '10-16/1936' and Washington 'OCT/16/1936' transit backstamps, a couple of minor blemishes. Carried by ship to New York and onwards by domestic US airmail. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3694
Symbol: C
1939 Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij NV shipping line cover airmail to Australia with 'BATAVIA/-6.9.39' 25c meter cancel, carried by Imperial Airways Flying Boat Cambria with Melbourne '12SEP' arrival backstamp, censored on arrival with early Melbourne boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' cachet (without 'V'). (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3695
Symbol: PS
1940 (Feb 5) Postal Card Scenes 3½c grey with lengthy personal message on reverse & front, airmail to Germany with Social Bureau 2c 3½c & 10c and Scenes 1c blue added tied by 'LAWANG' cds, taxed "T 40 ctm" in pencil but still forwarded by airmail with 'KLM' cachet in black and Singapore 'PASSED/FOR/TRANSMISSION' handstamp where transferred from KNILM to KLM, censored on arrival with German 'Eagle' cachet in red at lower-left, a few minor blemishes. Mail service was suspended in May 1940. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3696
Symbol: C
1940 (April 4) HC Lefering merchant envelope airmail to USA endorsed "tot Amsterdam" with Social Bureau 10c red & Queen 35c violet tied by 'BATAVIA-CENTRUM' cds, carried via Singapore with 'PASSED FOR/TRANSMISSION/22/...' triangular handstamp, and Bangkok with 'E' & '31'-in-circle cachets, then presumably by Imperial Airways feeder service to Hong Kong and PanAm FAM-18 China Clipper to USA rather than as endorsed via KLM. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3697
Symbol: C
1940 (May 7) registered airmail to Holland with Queen 10c red x4 tied by 'CHERIBON' cds and red & black/white R label alongside, carried as far as Bangkok with '5'-in-circle censor cachet in violet on the face, but then 'RETOUR AFZENDER/POSTVERBINDING OPGEHEVEN' in magenta on the face and 'CHERIBON/ 26.6.40' return backstamp, light central fold clear of the stamps & a few tiny blemishes. Mail service was suspended after the German invasion of the Netherlands on 10.5.1940; intercepted en route and returned. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3698
Symbol: C
1940 (June 5) National Supply Co (Ohio) business-reply postcard returned with Scenes 1c blue & 2½c bistre tied by 'MEDAN' cds, 'MILITAIRE CENSUUR/MEDAN' handstamp in violet on the face and Singapore 'PASSED FOR/TRANSMISSION' triangular cachet alongside, private receiving mark of 'JUL 18 1940', a couple of tiny blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3699
Symbol: C
1940 (Aug 6) Austral Canning Co envelope to Bandjermassin Borneo with Australia KGVI 3d blue solo tied by Melbourne cds cancel, unusually not censored locally but with Netherlands Indies 'GECENSUREERD' single-line handstamp in rosine on the face, a couple of very minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3700
Symbol: C
1940 (Sept 27) inwards airmail to Batavia from Canada endorsed "Via Pacific, Trans Tasman to Sidney [sic], KNILM to Batavia" with Pictorials 20c pair & 50c tied by 'GEORGETOWN/ONT' duplex cancels, censored with 'K' & '15'-in-circle of Bangkok & '.../CENSOR 71/SINGAPORE' handstamp in violet, Batavia black/brown resealing tape tied by 'GECENSUREERD/3' handstamp in magenta, '23OCT1940' receival cachet on reverse, a couple of tiny blemishes. Although endorsed to fly on the newly-opened PanAm FAM-19 service to Auckland, TEAL to Australia and KNILM, the item was actually carried by PanAm FAM-18 China Clipper to Hong Kong, Imperial Airways feeder service to Bangkok then to Singpore, and KNILM to Java. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3701
Symbol: PS
1941 (circa) 'POSTBLAD' Aerogramme Scenes 7½c violet (complete) to Soerabaja with white/orange 'VELDPOST' label, censored with 'VELDPOSTCENSUUR' black/brown resealing label tied by multiple strikes of 'VELDPOST/D/SORTEERKANTOOR' undated circular handstamp, minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3702
Symbol: CL
1941 (Jan 11) Regeerings-Publiciteitsdienst envelope registered airmail to USA with Queen Wilhelmina 20c purple & 2g50c mauve x3 tied by Batavia cds cancel and black & red/white R label alongside, official cachet at lower-left, not censored, Honolulu transit and Washington 'JAN/27/1941' arrival backstamps, a few light folds & minor edge faults. Carried by KNILM to Manilla and onwards by PanAm FAM-14 service via Hawaii at 45c up to 60g foreign letter rate and eleven-times 65c per 5g airmail surcharge plus 20c registration fee. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3703
Symbol: C
1941 (March 12) inwards airmail to Batavia with USA Airmails Map 20c green & China Clipper 50c red tied by Hartsdale, NY machine cancel, censored on arrival with black/brown resealing label tied by 'CENSUUR/4.4.41/ 4 ' cds, minor blemishes. The rate was 70c per ½oz for PanAm Pacific Clipper FAM-19 to New Zealand, TEAL to Australia and Qantas/KNILM to destination. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3704
Symbol: C
1941 (March 24) usage of Pineapple Bacon Hams illustrated advertising envelope to Medan Belawan, Sumatra endorsed "Per SS Marella" with Australia KGVI 3d blue solo tied by Brisbane 'DON'T TALK/ABOUT SHIPS' machine cancel, censored locally with Brisbane resealing label and also in the Netherlands Indies with 'NDE.INDISCH DEVIEZEN INSTITUUT' [currency control] handstamp in magenta, a few minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3705
Symbol: C
1941 (May 24) airmail to Java with Australia 1/- Lyrebird tied by Melbourne cds cancel, censored locally and also on arrival with resealing label tied '.../DEVIEZEN CENSUUR SOERABAJA' [currency control] handstamp in magenta affixed over the Melbourne label, a couple of very minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3706
Symbol: C
1941 (June 13) Postal Card Scenes 3½c grey to Wonosobo, Java with 'KOETARADJA' cds and very fine strike of 'Militaire Censuur/Koetaradje' boxed handstamp (second type; wide 'u' letters) in black on the face, light overall aging & minor bumped corners. Scarce local censor from Koetaradja (Banda Aceh) on Sumatra, of which only a few examples are recorded. Ex Paul Bultermann. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3707
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3708
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3709
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3710
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3711
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3712
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3713
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3714
Symbol: CPS
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)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3715
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3716
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3717
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3718
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 170.00
Sold...AU$ 170.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3719
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3720
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3721
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3722
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3723
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3724
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3725
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3726
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3727
Symbol: PS
1944 (Nov 20) Japanese Occupation Soerabaja (Jaarmarkt Camp Y) Prisoner of War Camp, Java British 3d Airmail Postal Card to "Java Camp Y" with British censor in rosine, redirected with Japanese cachet in violet to POW Camp 1 at Batavia, Japanese censor & han of Suzuki both in rosine, pencilled "Rec 21st August 45", a week after the Japanese surrender. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3728
Symbol: PS
1945 Japanese Occupation Sumatra Death Railway 5s Buffalo Postal Card with Japanese Characters Overprint in Red from "Kamp Adeh [?]/Batavia" to a Dutch inmate at "No 1 Convalascens-kamp/Pakan Baroe", endorsed "CC" in red, remarkably fine. The only item we have seen to a hospital on the Death Railway. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3729
Symbol: D
1945 Japanese Occupation pale green/buff 'IMPERIAL JAPANESE TELEGRAPHS' flimsy telegram form to 'JAVACAMP' with message in English via the Red Cross in Geneva with various Japanese cachets and hans of Fujikura and Suzuki, characteristic folds with reinforced split at centre-left. Late in the war, the Japanese allowed telegrams to be sent to POWs. However, significant delays were still commonplace and very few such messages were delivered before Japan surrendered. Lindsay Chitty states this is the only such telegram recorded to Java. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3730
Symbol: PS
1945 (Feb 6) Japanese Occupation Soerabaja (Jaarmarkt Camp Y) Prisoner of War Camp, Java British 3d Airmail Postal Card to "Java Y" with 'HARPENDE/HERTS' machine cancel & British censor in rosine, Japanese censor & han of Suzuki both in rosine, endorsed "Received 21.8.45". A word or words after the sender's address obliterated by the censor. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3731
Symbol: PS
1945 (June 20) Japanese Occupation Bandoeng (Camp Z) Prisoner of War Camp, Java British 1½d red-brown POW Airmail Postal Card to "Java Z" from Wales with British censor in rosine, boxed 'UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/...' and 'RETURNED IN UNDELIVERED MAILS/FROM TERRITORY FORMERLY OCCUPIED/BY JAPANESE FORCES' both in violet, on return redirected within Wales with 'COLWYN BAY' machine, minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3732
Symbol: C
1945 (Sep 19) Japanese Occupation Prisoner of War Repatriation Mail, Morotai plain envelope endorsed "Liberated British PW" locally used to a nurse at 2/4 Australian General Hospital on Morotai with superb Australian-pattern 'FIELD POST OFFICE/026' used at Morotai Docks 23.4.1945 to 25.9.1945, flap missing & minor bends. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3733
Symbol: C
1945 (Oct 29) Netherlands Indies Forces in Queensland airmail to Holland endorsed "On Active Service ... Written in Dutch" with Hermes 1/6d solo tied by 'R.A.A.F. 6303/AUSTRALIA' security cds used at Bundaberg and 'R.A.A.F. CONCESSION ...' handstamp alongside, 'O.A.T.' [Onwards Air Transmission] large cachet in red alongside on face, minor blemishes. The sender paid the Australian 1/6d per ½oz civilian rate. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3734
Symbol: C
1946 (Feb 14; Valentine's Day) Japanese Occupation Prisoner of War Repatriation Mail stampless cover to a Dutch inmate at "Central Internment Camp/Dehra Dun/Br India" with superb 'RAPWI/POSTKANTOOR/14FEB46/BATAVIA' cds in violet & light British censor handstamp applied in India. The addressee had probably been repatriated, perhaps from working on the Burma-Thailand Railway. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3735
Symbol: C
1946 Japanese Occupation Prisoner of War Repatriation Mail cover endorsed "On Active Service, EX P.O.W. AIRMAIL" airmail to Java with 'POSTKANTOOR/ORANJE-BOULEVARD/3APR1946/(BATAVIA)' rubber cds in violet and 'BATAVIA C/4.IV/1946' cds alongside, minor closed tear & a couple of blemishes. [The sender was Res Volunteer Lieut HA de Vroom] (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3736
Symbol: C
1946 registered airmail to Sydney, Australia with Pictorials 5c & 7½c and Queen Wilhelmina '45' on 6c & 1g and partial black/green Customs label on the reverse, inspected on arrival with brown resealing tape at left tied by 'Form P.P. C.5/ASSESSMENT LABEL/Customs Duty to Pay "13/3" [mss]/Quarantine Fees to Pay ...' blue/white label affixed on the face, 'MORE TO PAY/Postal Fee for/special handling/on dutiable goods/3d' boxed handstamp in violet at lower-right, minor bends & a few blemishes. A rare & unusual item. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
NETHERLANDS INDIES & INDONESIA NETHERLANDS INDIES & INDONESIA
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3685
Symbol: **/*O
Five volume collection with modest Netherlands Indies, 1948-49 'INDONESIA' Overprints on Wilhelmina set *&U, 1949-50 New Currency Definitives set *, 1950-1980s largely complete mint with high thematic content and including 1970 Insects, 1971 ASEAN Year and many of the better M/Ss, etc, also 'RIAU' Overprints set *, Postage Dues, etc, some minor toning noted but generally very fine, substantial catalogue value. Weighs 14kg.
(1500+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3686
Symbol: **OC/
Eight cartons of Netherlands Indies & Indonesia in sparsely populated albums, including a group of 1960s cheques, 1960s radio licence fee stamps, hundreds of parcel cards, Netherlands Indies postmarks book & other literature. Weighs 110kg.
(many 1000s) (Image1)
