Egypt. (Trans - Pacific Mail). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing Yvert 188, 2m orange, Yvert 191, 5m brown (3) and Air Mail Yvert 23, 100m violet and green tied by Egypt Postage/ Prepaid date stamp '8th Oct 41' with framed 'R.A.F./ Censor/ 2' and signed by the Commander, routed via Cairo with 'Examined By Base Censor' label tied by 'Crown/ Deputy Chief Censorship', circular '58' on reverse, endorsed 'By Air Mail/ via Hong Kong & San Francisco', bilingual 'Par Avion' label in blue and arrival 'Recd. Lotus Club 'Nov 19.'

Mail from Egypt sent Air Mail over the Pacific via Hong Kong and San Francisco is a scarce route.

Malta. (British East Africa). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to the '1st Kings African Rifles, c/o Postmaster, Nairobi, Kenya' bearing Malta SG 223, 3d violet and SG 225, 6d scarlet and olive (2) tied by Sliema double ring with triangular 'Crown/ No 30/ Passed by censor' hand-stamp on face and reverse with boxed instructional 'Par Avion/ Jusqu' A (Kisuma) on face with 'AP.O./ E.A.F.' transit on reverse. Air Mail instructional not listed by Proud.
Ex Alistair Kennedy.

French Colonies. (Oceania - Great Britain). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to Makatea, French Oceania bearing Great Britain SG 467, 3d violet and SG 475, 1s bistre (pair) tied by Redcar roller '23rd Jly' with 'Opened by Examiner/ 978' label with Controle Postal Militaire' label tied by circular 'Controle Postal/ Etablissements Francais/ De L'Oceanie' hand-stamp on face and oval 'Ouvert/ Par/ L'Autorite Militaiire' on reverse. Very scarce item routed via Lisbon, New York, Auckland and Tahiti.
Ex Alistair Kennedy.

Brazil. (British Post Office). 1847. Stamp-less Printed Circular headed 'Price Current of Produce' dated 'Rio De Janeiro 31st August 1847' addressed to London, cancelled by British Post Office 'Rio De Janeiro' double arc 'Sp 3 1847', rated '2/4' in m/s, sent 'per Penguin Packet', endorsed 'per steamer "Salelle", with London receiver 'Nov 4th.' Circular reveres to the price of Rice, Tobacco, Coffee, Tapioca and the medicinal flower Ipecacuanha. Lovely item.

Lebanon. (Great Britain - Pai-Force - Trans-Atlantic Mail). 1943. Air Mail envelope headed 'On Active Service' addressed to Canada bearing Great Britain SG 475, 1s bistre (strip of three), SG 488, 2d pale orange and SG 490, 3d pale violet tied by Field Post Office/ 373 double ring '19th July 43' with rectangular 'Passed By/ 374/ Unit Censor' signed by the Commander, endorsed 'Via Pan American Airways' with 'Trans-Atlantic Air Mail/ via Pan American Clipper' label, routed via Egypt with circular 'Deputy Chief Field Censor' in violet, routed via Lisbon. Very attractive item
Ex Alistair Kennedy.

India. (Sweden - Onward Air Transmission). 1945. Air Mail envelope addressed to Stockholm bearing SG 277, 14a purple (2) tied by Bombay double ring with 'Opened by Examiner' label tied by 'DHC/ 492' hand-stamp and boxed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHC/ 66' hand-stamp on reverse with oval framed 'O.A.T.' (Onward Air Transmission) on face in purple, endorsed 'India - UK - Sweden'. Mail from India with Onward Air Transmission applied in London not easy to find.
Ex Alistair Kennedy.

Argentina. (Puerto Rico - Sweden). 1943. Registered Air Mail envelope 'Via Aerea' written from the 'Embassy of the United States of America/ Office of the Naval Attache/ Buenos Aires' addressed to Sweden bearing Argentina Yvert 376, 25c carmine (2), Yvert 395, 10c brown (2) and Air Mail Yvert 22, 1p red tied by 'E.R.V.V.A. 2/ Buenos Aires' date stamp with boxed 'R' hand-stamp and 'R. Argentina "Exterior" registered label on reverse, endorsed 'via Etados Unidos & Inglaterra', routed via Porto Rico with 'Examined By/ 2921' United States censor in Puerto Rico, sent southern route via Bolama (Portuguese Guinea) and Lisbon, then miss directed to Switzerland and on to Sweden via Berlin with circular 'Ab' in violet on face.
Ex Alistair Kennedy with his notes.

Italy. (Lati - Brazil). 1941. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Santa Catarina Island, Cacador Province bearing 1 lira violet (10) and 1 lira 25 blue (pair) tied by Romano Di Lombardia (Bergamo) double ring '19th Aout 41' with matching registration label, 'Verificato Per Censura' labels tied by circular 'Ufficio Censura Posta Estero' in violet on face and reverse and '43/1' on reverse, routed via Roma by 'Air Lati' with Rio de Janeiro transit '1st September' and internal air service to Florianopolis, Santa Catarina Island. Very attractive cover.
Ex Alistair Kennedy.

Netherlands East Indies. (Internment Camp - Trans - Pacific Mail). 1941. Air Mail, Postage Paid post card from Alas Vallei, Koeta Tjane Internment Camp addressed to New York. Specially designed card headed 'Service Des Prisonniers De Guerre/ Franc De Port' written from A.A. Moshammer, F/4, Internment Kamp, Koeta Tjane, Sumatra' dated '2nd August 1941' bearing Netherlands Indies SG 406, 25c blue-green and SG 429, 10c vermilion tied by Medan date stamp '4/8', adjacent CDT. Intern. Kamp/ Koetajane' date stamp '4th August', endorsed 'P.A.A. Service/ onward Air Transmission', with 'Gecensureerd/ 4' hand-stamp in carmine, routed via Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong with New York arrival '29th August.
Card has been censured on reverse.
Only two other specially designed Prisoner of War postcards are known from Koetajane Internment Camp uprated for Air Mail, both addressed to Japan. This is the only Trans-Pacific usage,
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection and illustrated in his book "Nederlands Indie in Oorlog" page 22.
Exhibition item.

Netherlands East Indies. (Internment Camp Mail). 1940. Netherlands East Indies postal stationery card 3 1/2c grey written from Pematang Siantat Internment Camp dated '17th July 1940' with oval 'Militair Detachement/ Interneeringskamp/ P. Siantar' in violet (signed by the Commander) and cancelled Pematang Sianta '19/7', addressed to an internee at Raja Protection Camp for women, routed via Medan with ' Militaire Censuur/ Medan' hand-stamp in violet and charged '3' in carmine applied at the Raja Protection Camp.
The Pematang Siantat internment camp housed 171 internees (men) from Aceh and Sumatra's East coast. The camp closed on 3rd October 1940.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (United States of Indonesia). 1950. Air Mail Photographic post card of 'Militaire Luchtvaart/ Verkenningsafdeling' addressed to Medan bearing Netherlands 5c olive and 12c orange-red tied by Djakahta-Rotterdam (paquebot) date stamp '22nd Oct 50', endorsed 'Per Luchtpost', underpaid with circular 'T' and bearing United States of Indonesia postage dues SG D576, 2 1/2c on 50c yellow (pair) tied by Medan '1st Nov 50' date stamp. Scarce postage dues on cover. Very attractive item.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Indonesia postage due collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Internment Camp Mail) 1940. Netherlands East Indies postal stationery card 3 1/2c grey written from 'Ngawi Internment Camp dated '3rd September 1940' with adjacent 'Commandant/ Interneeringkamp/ Ngawi' addressed to an internee in Banjoe Biroe Camp, routed via Batavia '5/9' with hand-stamp 'Gecensureerd'/ 4' in carmine on face.
Very fine item from Ngawi Internment Camp with oval mark of the Camp Commander. Ngawi had a very bad reputation considered the hell of Java.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (South Africa - Indonesia). 1950. Air Mail envelope addressed to Medan, Sumatra bearing South Africa SG 120, 1s brown and blue tied by Pretoria date stamp '23rd June 1950', underpaid with instructional 'Onvoldoende Gefranking/ Insufficiently Prepaid' in violet on face with octagonal 'T/ Centimes' hand-stamp and endorsed '21' bearing 'Dutch Rule Restored' postage due SG D493, 7 1/2c turquoise (2) mixed with 'United States of Indonesia postage due 'SG D576, 2 1/2c on 50c yellow (pair) applied and tied by Medan receiver on face. Attractive combination.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Indonesia postage due collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Red - Cross - Liberated POW). 1945. Air Mail envelope written from the Netherlands addressed to 'Camp Tjiding, Batavia c/o Information Bureau van Het, Ned Ind. Roode Kruis, Temple Court, 422 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia' bearing Netherlands Yvert 381, 50c brown-yellow and 17 1/2c indigo tied by s'Gravenhage double ring '8th Oct 45' with circular 'Nederlandsch-Indisch/ Roode Kruis' in carmine on front and reverse, endorsed '4gr' with 'Par Avion' label.

Netherlands East Indies. (Prisoner of War in Java). 1945. Prisoner of War postal stationery card with pre-printed 'Jawa Furyo Shuyosho' (Java Prisoner of War Camp) in brackets, 'Furyo Shuyosho' (Prisoner of War Post) with boxed 'Jawa Furyo Shuyosho, Ket'etsuzumi' (Java Prisoner of War Camp, Censored) in red, written from 'G.R. Meyer, Indo-Blanda (Dutch), No 33962, Jawa C.Q. (Bandoeng) addressed to 'Njonia (Mrs) C.A. Meyer, No 9796, Tangsi, C.R. (Djawa) with circular seal of "Tachi".
Very nice item sent from Prisoner of War Camp to P.O.W. Camp.
Card written in Malay.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Protection Camp Mail). 1940. Netherlands East Indies (pre paid) postal stationery card 3 1/2c grey written from Raja Protection Camp dated '24th July 1940' with adjacent circular 'Hoofd Van Plaatselijk Bestuur/ Kaban Djahe' (Head of the local administration/ Kaban Djahe) in violet and signed by the Camp Commander, addressed to Pematang Siantar Internment Camp, routed via Kaban Djahe with transit '28/7' and Medan 'Gecensureerd/ 4' hand-stamp and '3' applied on arrival.
Lovely item from Raja Protection Camp for women using a pre paid answer card writing to her sister in Pematang Sianter Internment Camp, routed via Kabandjahe, no camp mark existed at this time.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Internment Camp - Red Cross Mail). 1941. Netherlands Indies Red cross Air Mail envelope headed 'Nederlandsch-Indische Roode Kruis/ Tjikini 65- Batavia Centrum' with 'Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre/ 'Franc De Port' addressed to 'Au Bureau International De La Croix Rouge/ Palais du Conseil General, Geneve (Suisse)' bearing Netherlands Indies SG 403, 10c scarlet (8) tied by Medan date stamp '21st Jan 41' with adjacent 'Cdt. Intern - Kamp/ Koetajane' date stamp '21st Jan 41' with circular 'Het Nederlandsch Indische/ Roode Kruis' in carmine on face and reverse and hand-stamp 'Gecensureerd/ 2, endorsed 'By K.L.M. to Bagdad.'
Very attractive yellow Red Cross envelope issued to the internees at Camp Alasvallei/ Koetajane (North Sumatra) paying the four times Air Mail rate.
Most of the German men held in the camp were transferred to Dehra Dun in British India December 1941.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Protection Camp Mail). 1940. Netherlands East Indies Red Cross Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Au Bureau International De La Croix Rouge/ Palais Du Conseil General, Geneve (Suisse)' written from Blitar Protection Camp bearing Netherlands Indies SG 408, 35c violet tied by Blitar date stamp '27th December 40' with 'Beschermings - Kamp/ Blitar/ Tel 55' hand-stamp on reverse in violet with 'Door Censuur Geopend' label tied by circular 'Het Nederlandsch Indische/ Roode Kruis' in carmine on front and reverse endorsed 'By K.L.M. to Bagdad.'
The Internment Camp at Blitar was housed in the 'Grand Hotel' at first for Indonesian and German women and later in March 1941 a Protection Camp for Dutch women and children, 130 were held in the camp.
A very rare Camp mark, only one other item known.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection and illustrated in his book "Nederlands Indie in Oorlog" page 10.

Australia. (Netherlands East Indies - Liberated POW Mail). 1946. Air Mail envelope headed 'Australian Red Cross Society (Unofficial) unstamped envelope written from Samarang, Java addressed to the Netherlands cancelled by Amsterdam slogan '17th Dec 46' endorsed 'By Air'. Nice item of "Liberated Mail".
Ex Paul Bulterman.

Netherlands East Indies. (United States of Indonesia). 1950. Post card 'Briefkaart' addressed to Medan bearing Netherlands East Indies SG 401, 5c ultramarine (not valid) with adjacent Medan dispatch '11th Dec 50', underpaid with circular 'T' and bearing United States of Indonesia postage dues SG D577, 5s on 100c yellow-green (pair) tied by Medan '14th Dec' date stamp. Scarce postage dues on cover. A very attractive item.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Indonesia postage due collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Protection Camp). 1940. Netherlands East Indies postal stationery card 3 1/2c grey written from Raja Protection Camp dated '3rd August 1940' with adjacent circular 'Hoofd Van Plaatselijk Bestuur/ Kaban Djahe' (Head of the local administration/ Kaban District) in violet and signed, addressed to Pematang Siantar Internment Camp, routed via Kaban Djahe with transit '7/8' and Medan 'Gecensureerd/ 1' hand-stamp and '3' applied on arrival.
Lovely item from Raja Protection Camp for women. 'Maja Eickemayer in Raja Camp writing to her sister in Pematang Sianter Internment Camp, routed via Kabandjahe, no camp mark existed at the time.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (United States of Indonesia). 1951. Envelope addressed to Singaradja bearing United States of Indonesia SG 582, 3s crimson tied by Dempasar date stamp '1st Feb 51', underpaid with circular 'T' hand-stamp and bearing United States of Indonesia postage dues SG D577, 5s on 100c yellow-green tied by Singaradja '3/2' date stamp. Scarce postage due on cover.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Indonesia postage due collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Internment Camp Mail - Red Cross). 1941. Red Cross Air Mail envelope headed 'Nederlandsch-Indische Roode Kruis/ Tjikini 65 - Batavia' addressed to 'Au Bureau International De La Croix Rouge/ Palais Du Conseil General/ Geneve (Suisse)' bearing Netherlands Indies SG 405, 20c violet tied by Batavia-Centrum date stamp

Netherlands East Indies. (Repatriation - Austria). 1947. Air Mail envelope written from Batavia dated '26th April 47' with two page letter (censored) addressed to Austria bearing 'Dutch Rule Restored' SG 469, 2 1/2c purple, SG 472, 10c brown, SG 474, 17 1/2c carmine and SG 476, 30c grey tied by Batavia/ Kantoor date stamp '28th April 47' with circular 'Dev/ 3' censor hand-stamp in blue and censored on arrival in Vienna with brown censor tape and 'Osterreichische Zensurstelle/ W/ 219' on face in violet and bearing special Austrian 'PORTO' stamp 10g grey applied and tied by Wien receiver '17/5' on face.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Red Cross - Via Iraq). 1940. Netherlands East Indies Red Cross Air Mail envelope written from 'Palopo, Celebes' addressed to 'Au Bureau International De La Croix Rouge/ Palais du Conseil General, Geneve, (Suisse)' bearing Netherlands Indies SG 408, 35c violet tied by Palopo date stamp '13th Nov 40' with 'Door Censuur Geopend' label tied by circular 'Het Nederlandsch Indische/ Roode Kruis' in carmine on face and reverse, routed via Batavia and sent .K.L.M. via Iraq with 'Marine - Censuur' label and 'Passed By Examiner' label applied in Bagdad. Lovely item.
Ex Paul Bulterman.

Netherlands East Indies. (Indonesia - Red Cross Form). 1946. Red Cross Form (Bulterman 18) headed 'Comite International de la Croix-Rouge/ Geneve (Suisse)/ 61' written from 'Tjimahi Camp, Barrack 4, Hut G 20,' addressed to Pekalongan dated '23rd September 1946', routed via Tegal with circular 'Palang Merah Indonesia/ Tjabang Tegal' with P.M.I. Djakarta' (two types) and through the Red Cross Batavia 'Comite International/ Delegation Batavia' and P.M.I. Pekalongan' arrival with m/s 'Retour'. The message is in Malaya with reply on reverse in Dutch language.
Ex Bulterman and illustrated in his book 'Nederlands Indie in Oorlog" page 256 (Formulier 18).
Bulterman notes the Red Cross visited several Camps in the Republican area in 1946 for control purposes and these forms were distributed.
Very fine item from a Nederlander in a Republican Camp.

Netherlands East Indies. (Internment Camp Mail). 1940. Netherlands East Indies postal stationery card 3 1/2c grey written from Banjoebiroe Internment Camp dated '3rd Oct 40' addressed to Tjimahi with oval 'CDT. VR. INT. KAMP/ Banjoe Biroe' with initials of the camp commander, routed via Ambarawa with transit '4/10' hand-stamped 'Gecensureerd' in carmine on face (applied by Mr Timmen who was Commander of the Camp) and 'Gecensureerd/ 5' .
The Internment Camp at Banjoebiroe was located in an old infantry barracks north of Ambarawa. The camp was intended for radicalized German/ Nazi women and housed 187 women and 101 children. The camp was closed on March 22nd 1941.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection and illustrated in his book "Nederlands Indies in Oorlog" page 21.
Very rare, one of two items known with the Banjoebiroe oval Internment Camp cachet.

Australia. (Netherlands East Indies - Liberated POW Mail). 1946. Air Mail envelope endorsed 'On Active Service' and headed 'Issued Free By/ Australian Red Cross Society/ To Hospital Patients', written from Leiden addressed to Java Kade cancelled by 's Gravenhage slogan '6th March 46'. Nice item of 'Liberated' mail.
Ex Paul Bulterman.

Netherlands East Indies. (Internment Camp Mail). 1940. Netherlands East Indies postal stationery letter-sheet 7 1/2c violet (Front) written from 'Ngawi Internment Camp' dated '30th May 1940' addressed to Soerabaja cancelled by oval 'Commandant/ Interneerlagskamp/ Ngawi' on face with Ngawi date stamp '30/5' and endorsed 'Gecensureerd' with 'Door-Censuur Geopend' label.
The Internment Camp at Ngawi was the old Fort Van den Bosh, it held the most dangerous internees including NSB party members.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Prisoner of War - Malaya). 1944. Prisoner of War postal stationery card reading 'Jawa Furyo Shuyosho' (Java Prisoner of War Post) with 'Furyo Yubin' (Prisoner of War Post) and in red 'Jawa Furyo Shuyosho Ken'etsuzumi' (Java Prisoner of War Camp, Censored), erased with additional 'Java Gun Yokuryusho' (Java Army Detention Center) struck twice in red and violet, written from 'M. Schellart, No 25435, Java CQ (Bandoeng) to her husband 'H.I.I.M. Schellart, Private, Medan' dated '18th September 1944' with oval seal of "Iwamoto" with hand-struck instructional 'Transferred to Malaya/ Enemy Civilians Internment Camp Censored' in violet (faint seal applied) and circular censor seal unlisted by David Tett, endorsed '14/8/45' in faint pencil on face indicating the arrival date.
One of only four of these hand-stamp and deletion cards are known, they were made available to the Internees after 1st April 1944.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Internment Camp Mail). 1941. Netherlands East Indies postal stationery card 3 1/2c grey written from Ngawi Internment Camp dated '2nd June 1941' with adjacent 'CDT. Intern. - Kamp/ Ngawi' dated '3rd June' addressed to 'S.S. / OL, Proefstation', routed via Ngawai '4/6' with hand-stamp 'Gecensureerd/ 2' in carmine on face.
Very fine item from Ngawi Internment Camp. Ngawi had a very bad reputation considered the hell of Java.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Internment Camp Red Cross Mail). 1940. Netherlands East Indies Red Cross Air Mail envelope headed 'Nederlandsch-Indische Roode Kruis/ Tjikini 65-Batavia Centrum' with 'Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre/ Franc de Port' addressed to 'Au Bureau International De La Croix Rouge/ Palais Du Conseil General, Geneve (Suisse)' bearing Netherlands Indies SG 407, 30c indigo tied by Medan date stamp with adjacent 'Cdt. Intern - Kamp/ Koetajane' date stamp '7th Jan 41' with circular 'Het Nederlandsch Indische/ Roode Kruis' in carmine on face and reverse with hand-stamp 'Gecensureerd/ 2' in carmine.
Attractive yellow Red Cross envelope issued to the Internees at Camp Alasvallei/ Koetajane, (North Sumatra).
Most of the German men held in the camp were transferred to Dehra Dun in British India, December 1941.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection and illustrated in his book "Nederlands Indies in Oorlog" page 19.

Netherlands East Indies. (Protection Camp Mail). 1941. Censored envelope addressed to Rantjaekek, Java bearing Netherlands Indies SG 429, 10c vermilion tied by Blitar date stamp '28th June 1941' with double ring 'Beheerder/ Beschermingskamp/ Blitar' in violet with 'Djiboeka Oleh Censuur' label tied by 'Censuur/ 4' date stamp '3/7' on face and reverse. A unique item.
The Internment Camp at Blitar was housed in the 'Grand Hotel' at first for Indonesian and German women and later in March 1941 a Protection Camp for Dutch women and children. 130 women were held in the Camp.
Illustrated in 'Nico de Weijer's' wonderful book 'Postal Censorship and Internment Camp Mail in the Netherlands Indies' page 201.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection and illustrated in his book "Nederlands Indie in Oorlog" page 22.

Netherlands East Indies. (Internment Camp Mail). 1941. Netherlands East Indies postal stationery card 3 1/2c grey written from Magelang Internment Camp dated '31st October 1941' with adjacent oval 'Militar Hospital/ Magelang/ Hoofd' in violet, addressed to the Soerabaja Orphan Chamber, routed via Magelang '31/10' with hand-stamp 'Gecensureerd/ 4' in carmine and boxed arrival '16th Nov'.
Mail from the Military Hospital Camp in Magelang is very rare in July 1941 only 13 German patients were in the hospital.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection.

India. (Internment Camp - India POW Mail). 1945. Registered Air Mail envelope headed 'P.O.W. Service' written from 'W. Dreyling, C.I.C. Wing 6, (55669), Dehra Dun, British India' addressed to the Netherlands with hand-stamp 'Service of Prisoners of War' in violet and bearing India SG 271, 3s bright violet and SG 275, 8s dull violet tied by Premnagar double ring '10th May 45' with matching registration label, boxed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHN/ 1' hand-stamp in violet of Dehra Dunm noted 'By Air Mail' with instructional 'Prepaid For/ Conveyance By Air' on face and reverse (not listed in Mcqueen), routed via Bombay with transit.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection.

Persia. (British India - POW CAMP MAIL). 1943. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Monsieur Bezider Pogacuik, Civil Internee. No 390611, No 1 Wing, Central Internment Camp, Dehra Dun, U.P. British India' bearing Persia Yvert 58, 10c blue and carmine, 2r turquoise and 10r orange-brown and grey tied by Teheran double ring '6th June 43' with Arabic censor tape reading 'Opened by Censorship Authority' tied by Russian Section circular censor 'Anglo-Soviet-Persian-Censorship/ 6' on reverse and 'Anglo - Soviet - Persian - Censorship/ 29' in violet on face with circular '7' censor cachet. Lovely item sent to a Yugoslav in Camp Prem Nagar, Dehra Dun, India.

Ceylon. (Japan - Prisoner of War). Circa 1939. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Japan written by 'H.C. Behring, c/o Asst. Censor Postal, G.P.O. Colombo, Ceylon/ Internment Camp, Diyatalawa' hand-stamped with framed 'Service of Prisoner of War' cancelled (P.A. Cornish Capt in m/s) 'Major/ Commandant Internment, Diyatalawa' in violet with 'Opened by Censor/ J' label on reverse. Nice destination to Japan.

Persia. (British India - POW Camp Mail). 1943. Registered Air Mail envelope endorsed 'written in Russian' addressed to 'Monsieur Toteff Jordan Dontcheff, No 78743 (390844), Wing No 4, Barak No 3 C.J. Camp Prem Nagar, U.P. Dehra Dun, British India' bearing Persia Yvert 58, 10c blue and carmine (2), Yvert 59, 12c grey and orange (5) and 10r orange-brown and grey tied by Teheran double ring '10th Oct 43' with hand-struck framed 'R/ Teheran' and bilingual 'Par Avion' with Arabic censor tape reading 'Opened by Censorship Authority' tied by Russian Section circular 'Anglo-Soviet-Persian-Censorship/ 11' on face and 'Anglo-Soviet-Persian-Censorship/ 23' in violet on reverse, routed via Bombay with 'Opened by Examiner' tape tied by boxed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHC/ 29' and hand-stamped 'DHC/ 460' in violet with circular '1' censor cachet and Dehra Dun arrival '20th Oct'. Lovely item sent to a Russian in Camp Prem Nagar, Dehra Dun, India.

Netherlands East Indies. (Two Ocean Mail - Returned Mail - Red Cross). 1945. Air Mail envelope written from Tilburg, Holland addressed to Soerabaja bearing Netherlands Yvert 377, 22 1/2c green and Yvert 381, 50c brown-yellow (pair) tied by Tilburg date stamp '11th Oct 45', endorsed 'Per Luchtpost/ via Australia' with large circular 'Nederlandsch-Inisch/ Roode Kruis' in carmine with instructional 'Postal Service Suspended/ Return To Sender'. boxed 'Retour Afzender/ Onbekend/ Onafgehaald' (Return to Sender/ Unknown Uncollected) with Batavia 'RAPWI/ Post Kantoor/ 16 Feb 46/ Batavia' in violet on face.
RAPWI, Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees (Kantoor = Post Office).
Air Mail routed via Military plane to England and Ireland then over the Atlantic to Miami and Cristobel (Canal Zone), then by ship to Australia and finally by aircraft of the '19th Netherlands East Indies Squadron to Batavia.
Ex Paul Bulterman, a cover from the same correspondence also dispatched '11th October 45' is illustrated in his book "Nederlands- Indie in Oorlog" page 300.

Netherlands East Indies. (Prisoner of War in Java). 1943. Prisoner of War postal stationery card with pre-printed 'Jawa Furyo Shuyosho' (Java Prisoner of War Camp) in brackets 'Furyo Shuyosho' (Prisoner of War Post) with boxed 'Jawa Furyo Shuyosho Ken'etsuzumi' (Java Prisoner of War Camp, Censored) in red, written from 'A. Harsveldt, No 15055, Holland, Luitenant tez, Zee 2nd K.L.. Java X' (Batavia), dated '5th July 43' addressed to 'Mrs F.C. Harsveldt, Djakarta' with circular seal of "Yamamoto" in orange.
Nice card written in English from Batavia with code lettter "X".
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Malaya - Prisoner of War in Sumatra). 1945. Prisoner of War postal stationery card (second type) headed 'Furyo Yubin' (Prisoner of War Post) with pre-printed 'Marai Furyo Shuyosho (Malaya Prisoner of War Post) and 'Ken'etsuzumi' (censored), written by 'Walter Siebers, Warrant Officer, Malaya Prisoner of War Camps' addressed to his wife 'Mrs E. Siebers-Musse, c/o Mrs De Visser-Smits, Salembo 27, Djakarta' with boxed seal of "Takahashi" in orange with framed 'Jawa Yoku 1/ 6426' in violet, boxed rectangular 'Ket'etsuzumi' in carmine and unframed seal in carmine not listed by David Tett in volume 2 or updated from Mr de Jong's collection volume 4.
Mrs E. Siebers had been sent to Kramat Camp in Batavia.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.

Malaya. (Netherlands East Indies - Prisoner of War). 1943. Netherlands East Indies Japanese Occupation 'Dai Nippon' postal stationery card 3 1/2c grey written from 'L van Affelen v Saemsfoort, Bandoeng, Java' dated '20th Nov 03 (43), cancelled by Bandoeng date stamp '20th Nov 43' and endorsed 'Tawanan Militair' (Military Prisoner) in red crayon, addressed to 'H van Affelen v Saemsfoort, No 8560, Indo-Blanda (Dutch), Landstorm Sergeant 1st Class, Tangst, Java X (Batavia) with boxed hand-stamp 'Furyo Yubin' (Prisoner of War Post) in carmine, rectangular 'Ken'etsuzumi' (censored) in violet and unrecorded oval seal in orange, hand-stamped 'Java (district) 1' and 'Mare e Ikan' (Transferred to Malaya) and anointed '24th Feb 44' date received in Singapore.
Scarce item of mail from the Japanese Occupation in Java transferred to Singapore.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Internment Camp - Red Cross Mail). 1940. Red Cross Air Mail envelope headed 'Nederlandsch-Indische Roode Kruis/ Tjikini 65 - Batavia' addressed to 'Au Bureau International De La Croix Rouge/ Palais Du Conseil General/ Geneve (Suisse)' bearing Netherlands Indies SG 429, 10c vermillion (pair) tied by Medan date stamp with adjacent 'Cdt. - Intern-Kamp/ Koetajane' date stamp '21st Dec 40' with hand-stamp 'Gecensureerd/ 2' in carmine and circular 'Net Nederlandsch Indische/ Roode Kruis' on reverse, endorsed 'Luchtpost'. A very attractive yellow Red Cross letter issued to the internees at Koetajane Camp (North Sumatra).
Most of the German men held in the camp were transferred to Dehra Dun in British India December 1941.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Protection Camp Mail). 1941. Netherlands East Indies postal stationery card 3 1/2c grey written from 'Sindanglaja Protection Camp' dated '17th June 41' cancelled by oval 'Beheerder/ Beschermingskamp/ Sindanglaja' in violet and signed by the Camp Commander, cancelled Sindanglaja date stamp '18/6' addressed to the Soerabaja Orphan Chamber with 'Gecensureerd/ 2' censor hand-stamp in carmine on face.
Scarce item from the Sindanglaja Protection Camp for women from January to June 1941 when the 170 wives of German internees were sent on to Tjibadak Protection Camp.
A card from the same correspondence is illustrated in Nico de Weijer's excellent book on Postal Censorship and Internment Camp mail in the Dutch Indies.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Civilian Internees in Sumatra). 1944. Special Prisoner of War card issued for the civilian internees in Sumatra written from 'H.I.I.M. Schellart, Internment Camp, Medan, Sumatra' dated '31st Aug 1944' addressed to his wife in a camp in Bandoeng.
Card headed with framed 'Gun Yokuryusha Yubin' (Army Internee Mail) with 'Sumatora (in Katakana) Gun Yokuryusho (Sumatra Army Internment Camp) wirh boxed 'Ken'etsuzumi' (censored) and censor seal of "Tachi" in orange with 'CQ 25435' in blue ink, the internee number in Bandoeng (crossed out) and 'CR', for Batavia with new internee number '17867' in pencil.
Tjihapit was the largest women's camp in Bandoeng and Mrs Schellart had been moved to another camp in Batavia before this card was sent.
Very rare inter-camp mail, less than ten items known of this Civilian Internment Camp card.
Illustrated by David Tett in his volume Dutch East Indies 'Paradise Lost" page 221.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Red Cross via Trieste). 1940. Netherlands Indies Red Cross Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Au Bureau International De La Croix Rouge/ Palais du Conseil General, Geneve (Suisse)' bearing Netherlands Indies SG 408, 35c violet tied by Batavia Centrum date stamp '14th Oct 40' with 'Censuur Batavia' label tied by circular 'Het Nederlandsch Indische/ Roode Kruis' in carmine on face and reverse with 'Dew/ 4' censor hand-stamp, routed via Italy with 'Verificato Per Censura/ TS' label tied by 'Commissione Provinciale De Censura/ TS' in carmine and circular '19' hand-stamp on face. Very fine.
Desrousseaux states in 'Livre' 5 page 374 the route via Trieste was only used April - May 1941.
Ex Bulterman and illustrated in his book "Nederlands Indie in Oorlog' page 233.

Netherlands East Indies. (United States of Indonesia). 1950. Envelope addressed to Silindak and forwarded to Galang bearing Indonesia SG 550a, 2 1/2s olive-brown and SG 554a, 7 1/2s deep green tied by Loeboekpakam date stamp '29th Dec 50', underpaid with circular 'T' and bearing United States of Indonesia postage dues SG D578, 10s on 75c blue tied by Galang receiver '4th Jan 51' date stamp. Scarce postage dues on cover.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Indonesia postage due collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (American Red Cross - Liberated POW Mail). 1946. American Red Cross envelope (Form 539) written from 'J. Eechont, Sgt. I.M. 62922, 1st Cie. Bat 50, 5th Sackie, Pare, Pare, Celebes' addressed to 'Kuiserkade Kamp, A. Pedjong, Soerabaja' bearing Netherlands Indies 'Dutch Rule Restored' SG 472, 10c red-brown tied by Pare-Pare date stamp '23rd Jan 46' with Soerabaja arrival and forwarded to Pangkalanbalei.
Ex Paul Bulterman's collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Internment Camp Mail - Indian POW). 1941. Netherlands East Indies illustrated (Briefkaart) post-card bearing Netherlands Indies SG 339, 3 1/2c grey written ffom Djokjakarta dated '13th March 1941' cancelled by Djojakarta date stamp addressed to 'E. Jackle, Internment Camp, Alas Vallei, Koeta Tjane, Sumatra', with 'Gecensureerd/ 2' hand-stamp in carmine, forwarded on the 'S.S. "Plancius" to India with framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHN/ 3' censor applied in Dehra Dun Internment Camp.
German Internee 'E. Jackle' had been interned with 2461 men in Alasvallei Camp, they were divided into four groups, 75 to old and sick to travel, the remaining three groups consisting 975 and 938 on the 'S.S. "Plancius" and 478 on the ill fated 'S.S. "Imhoff".
Ex Paul Bulterman's Internment Camp collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Prisoner of War in Java). 1944. Prisoner of War (2nd) postal stationery reply card (Balasan) with pre-printed 'Ofuku Yubin Hagaski/ Fukushin' (Postcard with reply/ Inbound) and 'Furyo Yubin' (Prisoner of War Post), written from 'A. van den Berg, Djakarta' dated '19th August 44' addressed to 'J.L. van den Berg, Belanda Totok (Dutch), No 2130, Java C.Q. (Bandoeng) with framed seal of "Taskahashi" in orange, hand-stamped 'K.5.' indicating location in the camp and endorsed '10th January 45', the arrival date in the camp in Bandoeng.
David Tett and Spink state 'These reply cards are very scarce'. The 'Balasan' is the reply half of the double to be returned.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.