Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1907. Envelope addressed to France bearing Hong Kong SG 63, 2c dull green tied by Canton date stamp 'Sp 6' (Webb Type Eii), routed via Victoria/ Hong Kong, underpaid with circular 'T' hand-stamp and bearing French postage due Yvert 31, 20c olive (pair) tied by Orleans receiver '5th Oct' on face. Lovely item of underpaid mail from Canton.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1907. Advertising post card for 'Centaur Cycles/ The World's Lightest & Best' addressed to France bearing Hong Kong SG 79, 4c purple/ red (pair) tied by Shanghai/ Br P.O. date stamp 'Jan 7 07' . Very attractive advertising card from Shanghai/ Hong Kong. Very few Known.

Hong Kong. (British Post Office In China). 1918. Registered envelope addressed to Canada bearing British Post Office in China SG 3, 4c carmine (pair) and SG 7, 12c purple/ yellow tied by Canton/ B date stamp (Webb Type Eii) with framed 'R/ Canton B.P.O.' on face routed via Hong Kong with Vancouver and Winnipeg arrivals on reverse. Scarce registered cover from British Post Office in Canton.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1900. Picture post card of 'Chinese Woman with baby' addressed to Belgium bearing Hong Kong SG 34, 4c slate grey tied by Hankow date stamp (Webb Type Hi) '16th Jan 00' sent on the French paquebot "Caledonien" with 'Ligne N Paq. Fr. No 1' double ring '25 Jan 00' on face and Bruxelles receiver. Nice item.

Hong Kong. (Sub Post Office). 1906. Picture post card addressed to Kowloon bearing Hong Kong SG 62, 1c purple and brown tied by 'Hong Kong/K.B.' date stamp (Webb Type B). Scarce to find this postmark tying the adhesives.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1909. Photographic card of 'Chinese Family at lunch' addressed to England bearing Hong Kong SG 77, 2c dull green (pair) tied by Tientsin/ Br. P.O. date stamp (Webb Type B) routed via Siberia.

Hong Kong. (Censors). Circa 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing Hong Kong SG 146, 15c scarlet and SG 155, $1 lilac and blue with adjacent Air Mail label and framed 'Passed By/ Naval/ Censor' in blue on face. Very fine.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1860. Stamp-less envelope written from Shanghai dated 'Shanghai 7th Nov 1860' addressed to London endorsed 'P.Paid' charged '1s' in red crayon and routed via Hong Kong with Hong Kong/ Paid' date stamp in red No 15 (Webb Type 14) on face, routed 'via Marseille' with London Paid receiver 'De 2. Very attractive item.

Hong Kong. (Airmail). 1936. Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing SG 129, $1 blue/ purple tied by Hong Kong/ Air Mail double ring endorsed 'Saigon-Marseilles Air Mail Service'. Lovely single franking via Marseille.

Hong Kong. (French Indo China). 1904. Picture Post card of 'Hong Kong Harbour' addressed to Saigon, Cochinchine bearing SG 56, 2c green (pair) tied by Victoria/ Hong Kong double ring '26th Jan 04' with Saigon arrival '30th Jan' and forwarded to Thuduc '31/1' on face. Nice item of destination mail.

Hong Kong. (India - Trinidad - Trans - Pacific Mail). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Trinidad bearing India SG 259, 1r grey and brown (2), SG 272, 3 1/2a bright blue and SG 275, 8a slate tied by Kurseong double ring with 'Opened By Censor' tape tied by triangular 'Passed By Censor/ C 11' on face, endorsed 'via Hong Kong & USA' , underpaid endorsed '40c/ To Pay' and bearing Trinidad postage dues SG D19, 2d black and SG D20, 3d black (block of 6) tied by San Fernando/ Trinidad arrival '10th Sept 41' . Superb item. Ex Proud.

Hong Kong. (United States - Iraq - Singapore). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Iran bearing United States SG 804, 4c magenta, SG 807, 6c orange and SG 826, 30c blue (pair) tied by New York duplex 'Mars 26 41' with hand-stamp 'By Air To Bagdad Only' on face and routed via Hong Kong and Singapore with 'Opened by Censor/ Hong Kong' label (black on white) with Victoria transit '9 Ap 41' and circular 'AV. 2' applied in violet with censor tape tied by boxed 'Passed By/ Censor 111/A' with 'B' and '13' cachet and Bagdad, Iraq triangular censor in red on face with Bagdad '2nd May' and Teheran receiver on reverse. Wonderful item of Trans-Pacific mail for the Exhibitor, the Iraq censor not seen in red by Morenweiser.

Hong Kong. (Johore). 1938. Envelope addressed to Kowloon, Hong Kong bearing Malaya, Johore SG 65, 5c purple and green tied by Segamat double ring '8th Jy 38' , underpaid with framed 'T' hand-stamp on face and bearing Hong Kong postage dues SG D1, 1c brown, SG D4, 6c orange and SG D5, 10c violet tied by Hong Kong/ Kowloon date stamp '15th July' on reversed. Rare combination.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1860. Stamp-less envelope written from Shanghai dated 'Shanghai 14th May 1860. addressed to London endorsed 'P.Paid' charged '1s' in red crayon and routed via Hong Kong with Hong Kong/ Paid' date stamp in red 'May 22nd' (Webb Type 14) on face, routed 'via Marseille' with London Paid receiver 'Jy 14 60'. Very attractive item.

Hong Kong. (Censored Mail). 1939. Envelope addressed to Shanghai bearing SG 143, 5c green tied by Kowloon/ Hong Kong double ring with circular 'Passed by/ Censor/ Hong Kong/ No 2' in violet on face, routed via Victoria with Shanghai arrival. Very fine item. Ex Goldsmith.

Hong Kong. (Gibraltar). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Kowloon, Hong Kong bearing Gibraltar SG 127, 1s green and black tied by Gibraltar slogan, underpaid with m/s 'T/60' in violet crayon and bearing Hong Kong postage due SG D10, 10c violet (block of 6) tied by Hong Kong/ Kowloon receiver. Nice item of underpaid mail.

Hong Kong. (France). 1889. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 37, 10c green tied by B/62 obliterator with adjacent date stamp and Ardeche arrival. A beautiful and unusual Hong Kong cover.

China. (Ceylon). 1914. Envelope addressed to the 'Pacific Mail Steamship Co, Shanghai' bearing Ceylon SG 311, 15c blue tied by Colombo roller with circular 'Passed Censor/Colombo' in violet with Shanghai arrival and boxed instructional 'Buy War Bonds/Through/China Banks/War Savings Association/Shanghai' applied on front. Scarce temporary instructional from the British Post Office, Shanghai.

Hong Kong. (French Indo-China). 1941. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to India bearing French Indo-China SG 184, 15c blue and SG 213, $1 black (pair) tied by Saigon/Central date stamp with matching registration label and hand-struck 'Vu par la Douane' signed and dated '27/5' , routed via Hanoi, Bangkok and Calcutta with 'Opened But Uncensored/ Passed to Hong Kong for Censorship' censor tape in pink and 'Opened by Censor' label tied by 'Passed by Censor/23' hand-stamp in violet applied in Bombay. Rare item of censorship with rare Indo-china hand-stamp. See Desrousseux.

Netherlands East Indies. (Field Post Packet Card). 1942. Air Mail Packet card addressed to Soerabaja bearing SG 434, 30c yellow brown tied by framed Veldpost/ Distributiekt. 57' with 'Veldpost' label in orange on face and Soerabaja date stamp '14/1/42' on reverse. Nice item sent Air Mail. Scarce.

Netherlands East Indies. (South Africa). 1940. Envelope addressed to France bearing Netherlands East Indies SG 346, 15c ultramarine tied by Medan date stamp '2nd May 40' with 'Censuur Batavia' label tied by 'Gecensureerd/4 hand-stamp in carmine, routed via South Africa with bilingual censor tape with instructional 'Retour Afzender/ Postverbinding Opgeheven (Postal Service Broken). Nice item of interrupted mail.

Netherlands East Indies. (Japanese Occupation In Java). 1942. Envelope addressed to Betawi bearing Japanese Occupation in Java SG 465, 5c blue tied by tied by Batavia Central date stamp '27th Nov 42' with hand-stamp 'Kao Yoo' (Official Mail) with framed 'Ken'etsuzumi' (censored) with oval censor seal in orange and instructional 'Kembali Pada Sipengirim' (Return to Sender) on face.

Netherlands East Indies. (Egypt). 1940. Envelope addressed to Egypt bearing SG 403, 10c scarlet and SG 427, 5c blue tied by Tangerang date stamp '10th Dec 40' with 'Geopend Door Censuur' tied by circular 'Dev/ 2' censor hand-stamp and 'Opened by Censor' Egypt censor label with 'Postal Censor/ 60' hand-stamp and Censorship on reverse.

Netherlands East Indies. (Ceylon). 1941. Envelope addressed to Colombo, Ceylon bearing SG 402, 7 1/2c violet (pair) and SG 429, 10c vermilion tied by Batavia date stamp '18th July 41' with 'Door Censuur Geopend' label (2) tied by circular 'Dev/ 4' hand-stamp in red with circular 'Ec. C' censor on face and 'Opened by/ Censor/ 4' label applied on arrival in Ceylon. Very nice item.

Netherlands East Indies. (Australia). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to the 'Australian Jewish Welfare Society, Melbourne bearing Netherlands East Indies SG 408, 35c violet tied by Bandoeng date stamp '4th Jan 41' with 'Door Censuur Geopend' censor tape tied by 'Gecensureerd/ 6' in carmine on face with Australia with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by framed 'Passed By/ censor/ V 83' in violet. Very fine item.

Netherlands East Indies. (Japanese Occupation In Sumatra) . 1943. Post and Telegraph card bearing Japanese Occupation of Sumatra SG 21, 10c grey blue tied by Djakarta date stamp '24th July 43' with framed censor and oval censor cachet in orange on face. Lovely item.

Netherlands East Indies. (Japanese Occupation Of Java). 1944. Japanese Occupation 'Dai Nippon' postal stationery card 3 1/2c grey cancelled by Djakarta date stamp '9th dec 44' addressed to Bogor with framed 'Ken'etsuzumi' in carmine (Jakaruta Kyoku Djakarta Post Office) and 'Djakarta Police Staion' with oval censor (not recorded by Tett). (See Tett page 336). Lovely item from Perlindoengan (Beschermingskamp) Tjideng.

Netherlands East Indies. 1940. Netherlands East Indies postal stationery card 3 1/2c grey cancelled by Pematang date stamp '13 Aug 40' addressed to Tandoeng Balei Camp with oval 'Militair Detachement/ Interneerinskmp/ P. Siantar' in violet on face with 'Gecensureerd/ 5' hand-stamp in carmine and Tandoeng arrival '28/8' Nice item from Pematang Siantar Internment Camp.

Netherlands East Indies. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1944. Great Britain postal stationery card 3d violet cancelled by Dereham Norfolk roller '2nd Oct 44' with framed 'Crown/ Passed/ P.W. 3694' censor hand-stamp in carmine addressed to 'Pilot Officer, Leslie Jolly, Camp No 3635, Java X' with framed 'Java POW (District 1) (7917) and boxed 'Ken'etsuzumi' (Censored) in carmine with circular 'Suzuki' censor in carmine on face. Nice item.

Netherlands East Indies. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1944. Post card cancelled by Dereham Neath roller '28th Aug 44' with framed 'Crown/ Passed/ P.W. 1378' censor hand-stamp in carmine addressed to 'G.E. Thomas, British R.A.F. A.C.I. Java Y' with framed 'Java POW Headquarters' with Battalion 'No 6523' and boxed 'Ken'etsuzumi' (Censored) in carmine with circular 'Suzuki' censor in carmine on face and endorsed 'Received 15th June 1945'. Nice item.

Netherlands East Indies. (United States - Postage Due). 1940. Envelope addressed to Java bearing United States SG 803, 3c violet tied by Lodi, California roller 'Jan 8 40' , underpaid with circular 'Centimes/20/ T' on face and bearing Netherlands East Indies postage dues SG D231, 10c salmon tied by Soerabaja receiver '13th Feb' and forwarded to Nijmegen '15/3' on face. Nice combination.

Netherlands East Indies. (United States - Postage Due). 1909. Envelope addressed to Samarang, Sumatra bearing United Stage SG 338, 2c rose tied by Hudson Term roller 'Mar 4' , underpaid with 'T'/Centimes 30' duplex and circular '44/4' hand-stamp on face with Netherlands East Indies postage dues SG D102, 2 1/2c carmine and black (2) and SG D104, 10c carmine and back tied by Semarang squared circle. Nice combination.

Netherlands East Indies. (Italy - Postage Due). 1927. Envelope addressed to Italy bearing Netherlands Yvert 142, 10c orange-red tied by Amsterdam Central slogan '26th Jan 27' , underpaid with 'T' m/s in blue crayon and bearing Italy postage dues Yvert 5, 5c orange/carmine and Yvert 9, 40c orange/carmine (pair) tied by Genova receiver '28/1' and re-directed to the Dutch Indies with Netherlands Indies postage dues SG D231, 10c salmon tied by Weltevreden arrival '9/3' and forwarded to Padang bearing postage due SG D231, 10c salmon tied by Padang receiver '15th Mar' on face. Nice combination cover of postage dues.

Netherlands East Indies. (Netherlands - Postage Due). 1924. Stamp-less envelope headed 'Dienst/ V.V.P.' addressed to Middelburg canceled Belawan '20th Oct 24' with hand-struck 'T' and bearing Netherlands postage due Yvert 76, 12 1/2c on 5c rose (pair) tied by oval Middelburg date stamp '17/11' and forwarded to Medan and bearing Netherlands East Indies postage due Sg D235, 20c salmon (pair) applied and tied by Medan date stamp '14th Dec 24' on face. Very fine Netherlands East Indies combination cover.

Netherlands East Indies. 1941. Registered envelope addressed to Menlo Park, U.S.A. bearing SG 396, 1c grey, SG 397, 2c purple and SG 405, 20c purple tied by Medan date stamp '6th Sept 41' with registered label and circular 'Ned Indisch Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur/ 14 in red on face with hand-struck 'Censuur/ Gepasseerd/ 2' in violet routed via San Francisco 'Oct 22' with Menlo Park arrival. Nice item paying the registered printed matter rate.

Netherlands East Indies. 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing SG 403, 10c scaelet (2), SG 404, 15c ultramarine and SG 405, 20c purple (block of four) tied by Poelau Radja date stamp '9th Aug 40' endorsed 'By Transpacific Air Routed via Hong Kong to USA/ by PAA to Europe' with 'Geopend Militaire/ Censuur - Medan' censor label tied by circular 'Ned Indisch Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur/ Medan/ 11' in red on face and reverse. Lovely item paying the 1g15 rate via Hong Kong two Oceans route.

Netherlands East Indies. 1946. Air Mail envelope addressed to Holland bearing Netherlands East Indies SG 335, 1c slate, SG 336, 2c violet, SG 339, 3 1/2c grey, SG 461, 2c scarlet, SG 463, 3c green mixed with 'Indonesian Republic (Java and Madura) SG J5, 3c green, SG J11, 5c emerald, SG J12, 10c blue and SG J23, 10s (+10s) chocolate tied by Buitenzog violet date stamp with 'Kosteloos Uitreiken' hand-stamp. Scarce stamp on cover from the Independent Republic not valid.

The Dutch East Indies declared independence from the Netherlands at 10am, 17th August 1945. There followed four years of armed resistance and bloody conflict until the Dutch recognized Independence on the 27th Dec 1949.

Netherlands East Indies. (Maritime Mail). 1930. Photographic post card of 'Indies Dance costume' addressed to Chicago bearing SG 265, 2 1/2c rose and SG 271, 7 1/2c bistre tied by oval 'Koninklijke Paketvaart/ Maatschappij/ S.S. Mechior Treub' in violet. Attractive item of Maritime mail from the Netherlands East Indies.

Netherlands East Indies. (Australia). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing Netherlands East Indies SG 409, 40c yellow-green (pair) tied by Soerabaja date stamp '29th Oct 40' endorsed 'By KNILM/ Trans - Tasma/ PAA to USA and onward Air Transmission ' with 'Door Censuur Geopend' censor tape tied by circular 'Ned. Indisch Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur Soerabaja/ 4' in carmine on face, routed via Australia with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by hand-struck 'Passed By Censor/ S. 347' in violet. Attractive item of Trans-Pacific mail routed via Australia.

Netherlands East Indies. (Maritime Mail). 1929. Envelope headed 'Tarakan, Borneo addressed to Soerabaja bearing SG 265, 2 1/2c rose and SG 272, 10c purple tied by oval 'Koninklijke Paketvaart/ Maatschappij/ S.S. Rumphius' in violet with adjacent Soerabaja date stamp '6th Dec 29' on face. Nice item of Maritime maul from the Netherlands East Indies.

Netherlands East Indies. 1941. Veldpost card dated '24 Dec 1941' bearing Netherlands East Indies SG 441, 2g blue-green tied by 'Veldpost/ Sorteerkantor/ H' with 'Veldpost' label in orange, addressed to Kamspan with Membang and Medan transits and hand-stamp arrival '16th Jan 42.' on face.

Netherlands East Indies. 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing SG 427, 5c ultramarine, SG 43 80c vermilion and SG 440, 1g violet tied by Pladjoe date stamp '14th July 41' with 'Diboeka Oleh Censuur' label tied by circular 'Nederlandsch Indisch/ Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur/ Palembang/ 1' in red on face and reverse, endorsed 'By Knilm/ PAA to United States via Manila and onward Air Transmission' with 'opened by Examiner/ 6695' censor tape applied on arrival. Superb item paying the 1g 85 rate by Air Mail two Oceans routed.

Netherlands East Indies. (Singapore). 1922. Envelope headed 'Deli Automobiel Club' addressed to Medan, Batavia bearing Netherlands East Indies SG 251, 12 1/2 on 22c 1/2c orange tied by Medan date stamp '19/9' with hand-struck 'Ned. Indie/ Zeepost' on face and framed instructional 'Onbekend/ Inconnu' and 'Retour' in violet and returned to Medan '16th Dec 22' on reverse. Attractive item.

Netherlands East Indies. (Singapore). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Singapore bearing SG 401, 5c ultramarine and SG 403, 10c scarlet (3) tied by Batavia Centrum date stamp '20th Oct 40' with 'Door Censuur Geopend' label tied by 'Censuur/ 4' date stamp '5/11' with 'Gecensureerd/ 9' hand-stamp and circular 'Dev/8' hand-stamp in red and triangular 'Passed For/ Transmission/ Singapore/ 5' censor on face.

Netherlands East Indies. 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York cancelled by Batavia/ Centrum meter '145' date stamp '3rd Feb 1941' with 'Door Censuur Geopend' label tied by circular 'Dev/ 5' hand-stamp endorsed 'By K.N.I.L.M. to Manila and Onward Air Transmission to USA'. Very fine.

Netherlands East Indies. 1941. Envelope addressed to the United States bearing Netherlands East Indies SG 346, 15c ultramarine tied by Makassar date stamp '16th Mar 41' with 'Diboeka OlehCensuur' censor label tied by circular 'Ned. Ind. Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen/ Censuur/ 3' in carmine on face and reverse with Patriotic label 'We All Realise Here That The Safe Arrival of This Letter is due to The British Navy' with San Francisco censor tape tied by double ring 'Passed censor' . Very attractive item.

Netherlands East Indies. (India). 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to Germany bearing SG 404, 15c and SG 407, 30c indigo tied by Bandoeng date stamp '18th Dec 39' routed via Singapore with 'Passed/ For/ Transmission' hand-stamp and Indian censor label with German censor label tied by circular hand-stamp on reverse. Nice routing.

Netherlands East Indies. 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 404, 15c ultramarine, SG 407, 30c grey and SG 410, 50c indigo tied by Medan date stamp '26th Aug 40' endorsed 'By I.A.' with 'Geopend Militaire/ Censuur - Medan' censor label tied by circular 'Ned Indisch Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur/ Medan/ 1' in red on face with 'Batavia/ Censuur' label tied by 'Gecensureerd/ 4' hand-stamp with circular 'DEV/4' on face. Very fine item paying the 95 cent Imperial Airways rate.

Netherlands East Indies. 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing SG 408, 35c violet tied by Bandoeng date stamp '25th Jan 41' with 'Door Diboeka Censuur' label tied by circular 'Censuur/ 4' hand-stamp endorsed 'By K.L.M. via Iraq/ Iran' with Singapore censor tape tied by 'Passed By/ Censor/ 225/ A' and hand-stamp 'K' and '14' in violet and German censor tape tied by circular censor label on reverse. Nice routing.

Netherlands East Indies. 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing SG 407, 30c grey, SG 438, 60c blue, SG 439, 80c vermilion and SG 440, 1g violet tied by Makasser date stamp '2nd Oct 41' endorsed 'via Trans Tasmin/ PAA to USA/ Onward Air Transmission' with 'Door Censuur Geopend' censor label tied by circular 'Ned Ind Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur/ 1' in red on face and reverse and 'V' for Victory label on reverse with 'Opened by Examiner/ 6684' censor label on arrival. Lovely item paying the 2g 70 Air mail rate for the two Oceans routed over the Pacific and Atlantic via Sydney.