Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'General Post Office, Kuala Lumpur.' Card published by "Federal Rubber Co,. Kuala Lumpur."

Laos. (French Indo-China). Circa 1905. Picture post card of "Guerriers Khas Kaseng'. Nice ethnic card published by "Raquez".

Laos. (French Indo-China). 1905. Picture post card of 'Groupe de Laotians a Khong'. Nice card published by "Mottet et Cie, Saigon.'

Laos. (French Indo-China). 1906. Picture post card of 'A rich Laotian' addressed to France bearing French Indo-China SG 33, 5c green (pair) tied by Savannakhet/ Laos double ring '5th Mai 06', routed via Saigon '17th Mai' with Gard arrival '12th June.' Nice card published by "Claude et Ce, Saigon."

Laos. (French Indo-China). 1906. Picture post card of 'Joueur de Bodon chez les Braos, Laos' addressed to France bearing French Indo-China SG 54, 5c green tied by Saigon date stamp with Seine arrival. Superb card published by "G. Baroat".
Small tear in card.

Laos. (French Indo-China). 1905. Picture post card of 'Rapides on the Mekong with a group of fishermen'. Card published by "Raquez".

Laos. (French Indo-China). 1905. Picture post card of 'Le Teas de Muong Sing se preparent a monter a chevel, Laos,' Nice card published by "Raquez."

Laos. (French Indo-China). Circa 1905. Picture post card of 'Groupe de Khas, Laos,' Nice ethnic card published by 'Collection de l'Union Commerciale Indo-China, Laos.'

Laos. (French Indo-China). Circa 1905. Picture post card of 'Passage d'un Gue aux Hua Pahn, Mekong'. Nice card published by "Raquez".

Laos. (French Indo-China). 1906. Picture post card of 'Groupe de Bonzillions a Luang Prabang, Laos' addressed to France bearing French Indo-China SG 54, 5c green tied by Saigon date stamp with Seine arrival. Nice card published by "Raquez".

Laos. (French Indo-China). Circa 1905. Picture post card of L' Operation du Limage des Dents chez las Khas-Kaseng.' Nice ethnic card published by "Raquez".

Laos. (French Indo-China). Circa 1905. Picture post card of 'Groupe de Nhahoeuns (Bassac). Nice ethnic card published by "Raquez".

Laos. (French Indo-China). Circa 1905. Picture post card of 'Laos of Central Siam.' Very fine card.

Laos. (French Indo-China). Circa 1905. Picture post card of 'Coolies Khas Kmous employes au portage (Hua Pahn). Nice ethnic card published by "Raquez".

Laos. (French Indo-China). 1907. Picture post card of 'Groupe de Khas-Peloux (Cammon) 'Laos',addressed to France bearing French Indo-China SG 34, 10c carmine tied by Laos date stamp. Lovely ethnic card published by "Raquez".

Laos. (French Indo China). Circa 1905. Picture post card of 'Groupe de Nhahoens (Bassac). Nice ethnic card published by "Raquez".

Netherlands East Indies. (Bermuda - Trans- Tasman). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Portugal canceled by 'Batavia "Burroughs" 185' meter cachet dated '28th Aug 41' with 'Door Censuur/ Geopend' label tied by 'Censuur/ 6' date stamp with oval Ec. c./ 7' in red, endorsed 'By KNILM-Trans-Tasman/ P.A.A. To/ U.S.A. And Onward Air Transmission', routed via Australia, New Zealand and San Francisco, intercepted in Bermuda with 'Opened by Examiner 5144' censor tape tied by Lisboa arrival '30th Sept 41' on reverse. Lovely item.

Netherlands East Indies. (Australia). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Australia bearing Netherlands Indies SG 348, 25c blue-green tied by Batavia Centrum date stamp with 'Censuur Geopend' label tied by 'Censuur/ 5' date stamp with circular 'Dev/ 6' censor cachet in carmine and 'Ec. C.' censor cachet, endorsed 'via KNILM'. Nice looking item.

Netherlands East Indies. (Air Mail). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to the United States bearing Netherlands Indies SG 341, 5c ultramarine and SG 359, 2g50 purple tied by Palembang date stamp '18th Sept 40' with censor label tied by framed 'Censuur Palambang/ Gepasseerd' in red on face and reverse with circular 'Ned. Ind. Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen/ Censuur/ Palembang/ 2' in carmine on face, routed via Singapore with hand-stamp 'Passed by Censor/ 42/ Singapore' in violet and circular 'E' and '21' censor chop on face. Nice item of censored mail from Palembang with double censorship.

Netherlands East Indies. (Censor Mail - Trans-Atlantic). 1941. Envelope addressed to New York bearing SG 406, 25c blue-green tied by Batavia date stamp '11th Dec 41' with 'Door Censuur/ Geopend' label tied by circular 'Dev/ 1' and 'Censuur/ 5' date stamp in red '13/12/41' with adjacent 'Dev/ 13' and Economic censor oval 'Ec. C. 11' on face in carmine and New York double ring 'Passed By Censor' on face in black. Attractive cover.
Mailed just after Pearl Harbour and routed via the 'Horse-shoe' and Trans-Atlantic.
Ex Paul Bulterman censor collection

Netherlands East Indies. (Censor Mail - Trans Tasman). 1940. Air Mail envelope written from the 'African Stores, Soerabaja' addressed to Perth, Australia bearing SG 406, 25c blue-green tied by Soerabaja date stamp '28th May 40' with 'Door Censuur/ Geopend' label'.
Very rare two line censor label from Soerabaja only known date '28th May 40.' Only one censor cover known, see Nico de Weijer's wonderful book on Netherlands Indies censorship.
Ex Paul Bulterman censor collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Singapore). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Amsterdam bearing Netherlands Indies SG 405, 20c purple tied by Bandjermasin date stamp '24th April 40', route via Singapore with 'Passed by Censor' label tied by framed 'Passed By/ 51/ Censor' cachet with circular '21' censor cachet in violet on face. Scarce single censor numeral from Singapore.

The single ring numeral censor appears to have been applied in transit at Singapore in early 1940.

Netherlands East Indies. (Singapore). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to 's'Gravenhague bearing Netherlands Indies SG 402, 10c scarlet (2) tied by Batavia date stamp '16th March 40', routed via Singapore with 'Passed by Censor' label tied by framed 'Passed By/ 58/ Censor' cachet and circular '16' censor cachet in violet on face. Scarce single censor from Singapore.

The single ring numeral censor appears to have been applied to mail in transit from Singapore in early 1940.

Netherlands East Indies. 1941. Postal stationery 'Veldpost' card written from Malang addressed to Batavia with framed 'Veldpost/ Distriutifkt 27' and Gecensureerd/ 114' censor hand-stamp in carmine. Very fine.
Feldpost censorship markings are all numbered above 100. 15 different numbers are known.

Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1907. Netherlands Indies postal stationery envelope 10c on 10c grey upgraded with SG 123, 2 1/2c green tied by 'Koetoeardjo' hand-stamp, routed via Weltevreden with Amsterdam arrival. Lovely item from the Paul Bulterman collection of postmarks.

Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1909. Netherlands East Indies postal stationery envelope 10c grey cancelled by 'Soekoredjo' hand-stamp, struck twice, addressed to Semarang with arrival on reverse. Lovely item, ex Paul Bulterman collection of straight line cancels.

Portuguese Colonies. (Timor). 1930. Envelope addressed to Makassar bearing Timor SG 129, 5a carmine and SG 216, 7a pale green (pair) tied by octagonal Dilly date stamp and Makassar arrival on reverse. Nice franking.

Canada. (Prisoner of War Mail). 1942. Stamp-less envelope headed 'On His Majesty's Service' with 'Prisoners of War Information Bureau/ Department of the Secretary of State/ of Canada' addressed to 'Capt. F.W. Staff, British Intel. Officer, c/o Comdt. Internment Camp, Farnham, Que., cancelled by Ottawa 'V' date stamp 'June 11 1942' with oval 'Prisoner of War/ Information Bureau - Canada/ France de Post/ Post Free/ Gebuhrenfrie' on face with Farnham receiver on reverse. Very fine.

United States. (Hong Kong - Trans-Pacific Mail). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Bombay, India bearing 'New York N.Y./ U.S. Postage Paid 4. 20' meter label dated 'Apr 2 40', endorsed 'via Transpacific Clipper' on face in violet, routed via Hong Kong with 'Victoria transit '20th Ap' on reverse with triangular 'Passed Censor/ Hong Kong/ 9' in violet on face with 'Opened by Censor/ Hong Kong' label and Bombay arrival '2nd May'. Very nice item paying the three times rate over the Pacific.

Germany. (North Africa). 1942. Envelope addressed to Blida, Algeria bearing Germany 'Hitler' 25pf blue tied by Kaiserau date stamp endorsed 'Territory Non Occupie' with 'Zuruch/ Keine Boitverbinding' hand-stamp on face in violet struck twice. with '22 Feb. 1942'. Nice item of interrupted mail, cannot be routed via Switzerland.

Thailand. (French Occupation of Chantaboon). 1900. French picture post card of the 'Le Lion, Belfort' addressed to 'Monsieur Dumestre, Captaine d'Infantry de Marine, a Chantaboon, Siam' bearing France 'Type Sage' Yvert 89, 10c black/ lilac tied by 'Belfort Fg de France' double ring '2nd Sept 00' with Saigon Central/ Cochinchine transit 'Oct 2nd' adjacent.
Very nice item into the French Occupation in Chantaboon.

Thailand. (French Occupation of Chantaboon). 1900. Coloured French picture post card of the 'Palais Electricite' addresed to 'Monsieur Dumestre, Captaine d'Infantry de Marine, a Chantaboon, Siam' bearing France 'Type Sage' Yvert 89, 10c black/ lilac tied by Paris/ Seine double ring '5th Oct 00' with Saigon Central/ Cochinchine transit 'Oct 30' adjacent.
Very nice item into the French Occupation of Chantaboon.

Netherlands Indies. (Internment Camp to Protection Camp Mail). 1941. Netherlands Indies postal stationery card 3 1/2c grey cancelled by Medan date stamp '23th Oct 41' written from an Internee 'Internment Camp, Koeta Jane, Black A, Barack 9' addressed to his wife in Bescherming, Raja' Protection Camp' with circular 'Cdt. Internment-Kamp/ Koetatjane' on face '24/10' and 'Gecensureerd/ 4' hand-stamp in carmine and Brastagi receiver '4th Nov 41' on face. Nice item of mail from Internment Camp to Raja, Protection Camp.

Netherlands East Indies. (Singapore). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to s'Gravenhage bearing Netherlands Indies SG 405, 20c purple tied by Soerabaya date stamp '7th March 40', routed via Singapore with 'Passed by censor' label tied by framed 'Passed by/ Censor/ 29/ Censor' cachet with circular '10' in violet on face. Very fine.

The single numeral censor appears to have been applied to mail in transit from Singapore in early 1940.

Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1913. Netherlands Indies postal stationery 5 cent red cancelled by 'Balige' hand-stamp addressed to Boker. Very fine.

Netherlands East Indies. (Singapore). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Amsterdam bearing Netherlands Indies SG 405, 20c purple tied by Soerabaya date stamp '18th April 40', routed via Singapore with 'Passed by Censor' label tied by framed 'Passed by/ 46/ Censor' cachet with circular '2' in violet on face. Very fine.

This single censor numeral appears to have been applied to mail in transit from Singapore up to May 1940.

North Borneo. 1940. Envelope addressed to Holland bearing North Borneo SG 306, 4c bronze and purple (pair) and SG 309, 10s violet and bronze tied by Lahad Datu double ring with framed 'Passed By/ 28/ Censor/ North Borneo' on face and German censor label tied by circular German censor cachet in violet on reverse.
Very scarce 'No 28' censor cachet attributed to Lahad Datu by Morenweiser from '14th Dec 40 until 9th April 41.'

Ethiopia. (Italian Occupation). 1940. Air Mail envelope written from Addis Abeba addressed to Austria bearing Eritrea Yvert 199, 25c green, Yvert 201, 1l grey/blue and Air Mail Yvert 24, 2l indigo tied by Addis Abeba double ring '25th Nov 40' with 'Verificato Per Censura' label and framed 'Censore no 1 SC' hand-stamp and circular 'A/d' censor cachet in violet on face. Very fine.

Italian Colonies. (Eritrea - Italian Occupation). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Eritrea Yvert 192, 75c carmine (pair) and Air Mail Yvert 22, 1l indigo tied by Eritrea double ring '12th Aug 40' with 'Verificato Per Censura' label and boxed 'Censure No 2' violet hand-stamp sent 'Air Littoria.' Very fine.

Great Britain. (Netherlands East Indies). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Java, Netherlands Indies bearing Great Britain SG 467, 3d violet and SG 475, 1s bistre tied by London slogan '10th Dec 40' with 'Opened by Examiner/ 6209' censor label, endorsed 'Per Airmail via South Africa' with 'Geopend Door Censuur' censor label tied by circular 'Censuur/ 6' date stamp arrival '12th Feb 1941' and circular 'Dev/ 1' cachet in carmine. Very fine item sent on the 'Horseshoe' routed via Durban.

Netherlands East Indies. (Great Britain). 1940. Air Mail envelope written from "W.A. Wachter, Officer MSD (Marine Safety Detachment) 1st Class c/o G.P.O. London' addressed to Malang, Java bearing Great Britain SG 467, 3d violet and SG 475, 1s brown tied by Portsmouth double ring '2nd Sept 40', with boxed 'From H.M. Ship/ Passed by Censor', signed and dated '2/9/40' on reverse with 'Opened by Examiner' label and 'Door Censuur Geopend' label tied by 'Gecensureerd' hand-stamp on face and reverse in carmine.
W.A. Wachter served on "HNLMS Jacob Van Heemskerck", after the German invasion of Holland the ship based itself in Portsmouth assigned to the Atlantic Convoy escort before helping the Allies re take Madagascar.
Nice item.

Netherlands East Indies. (Naval Censor- Great Britain). 1941. Envelope written from Glasgow addressed to Batavia, Java bearing Great Britain SG 467, 3d violet tied by 'Tanjong/ Priok' dateb stamp '8th Oct 41' with adjacent 'Paquebot hand-stamp and 'Geopend Door Censuur' label tied by 'Censuur/ 5' date stamp with 'Passed by Naval Censor' label on reverse and circular 'Ec. C.' and 'Dev/ 17' with hand-struck 'Censuur/ Gepasseerd/ 1' in carmine on face. Very scarce item of censored mail.
Applied when Royal Navy ships boarded mostly neutral (mostly Dutch) vessels and intercepted mail.

Netherlands East Indies. (Trans-Pacific Mail). 1940. Air Mail Propaganda post card 'A Spitfire a day Keeps Hitler Away' addressed to London bearing SG 346, 15c blue and SG 352, 40c green tied by Djokjararta date stamp with 'Gecensureerd/ 2' censor hand-stamp on face, endorsed 'By KNILM/ Transman' with framed 'Crown/ Passed/ T. 116' British censor applied on arrival.

Thailand. (French Occupation of Chantaboon). 1901. French picture post card of 'Bonne Annee' addressed to 'Monsieur Dumestre, Captaine d'Infantry de Marine, a Chantaboon, Siam' bearing France Yvert 112, 10c rose tied by Paris/ Gare de Nord double ring '2nd Jan 01' with Saigon Central/ Cochinchine transit '31st Jan' adjacent. Very nice item into the French Occupation of Chantaboon.

Thailand. (French Occupation of Chantaboon). 1900. French Coloured picture post card of the 'Pavilion des Etats-Unis de'Amerique, Universelle Exposition, 1900' addressed to 'Monsieur Dumestre, Captaine d'Infantry de Marine, a Chantaboon, Siam' bearing France 'Type Sage' Yvert 106, 5c green tied by Paris/ Gard de Nord' double ring '2nd Nov 00', endorsed 'Imprime' with Saigon Central/ Cochinchine transit '28th Nov' adjacent. Very nice item into the French Occupation of Chantaboon paying the Printed Matter post-card rate.

Thailand. (French Occupation of Chantaboon). 1900. French coloured picture post card of the 'Porte Moumentale, Universelle Exposition, 1900' addressed to 'Monsieur Dumestre, Captaine d'Infantry de Marine, a Chantaboon, Siam' bearing France 'Type Sage' Yvert 106. 5c green tied by St. Denis double ring '5th Oct 00', endorsed 'Imprime' with Saigon Central/ Cochinchine transit '30th Oct. adjacent. Very nice item into the French Occupation of Chantaboon paying the Printed Matter post-card rate.

Thailand. (French Occupation of Chantaboon). 1900. Stamp-less picture post card of the 'Environs de Villefranche' addressed to 'Monsieur Dumestre, Captaine d'Infantry de Marine, a Chantaboon, Siam' canceled by Jassans Riotties double ring '9th Sept 00' with circular Rural Post hand-stamp and Saigon Central/ Cochinchine transit '18th Oct 00' with 'T' hand-stamp. Very nice item into the French Occupation of Chantaboon with Tax hand-stamp. Very scarce.

Thailand. (French Occupation of Chantaboon). 1900. Stamp-less French picture post card of 'Lac de Montriond' addressed to 'Monsieur Dumestre, Captaine d'Infantry de Marine, a Chantaboon, Siam' cancelled by Bonne-S-Mendge/ Haut Savoie double ring '22nd Sept 00', with circular Rural Post hand-stamp and Saigon Central/ Cochinchine transit '18th Oct 00' with 'T' hand-stamp. Very nice item into the French Occupation of Chantaboon with Tax hand-stamp. Very scarce.

United States. (Netherlands East Indies - Hong Kong). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to the Netherlands Indies bearing United States 'Prexie' SG 821, 20c blue-green and SG 827, 50c bright purple tied by New York 'July 27' date stamp, routed via Hong Kong with triangular 'Passed Censor/ Hong Kong/ 9' in green on face and 'Geopend Militaire/ Censuur Medan' label tied by 'Ned Indisch Deviezen/ Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur/ Medan/ 1' on face and reverse in carmine. Very fine item of Trans-Pacific mail.

United States. (Trans - Pacific Mail). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Medan, Sumatra bearing SG 821, 20c emerald and SG 827, 50c bight purple tied by New York duplex 'Jul 20 1940', routed via Hong Kong with Victoria/ Hong Kong transit '31st July' and 'Opened by Censor/ Hong Kong' censor label with triangular 'Passed For Transmission/ Penang/ 6' censor on face and 'Geopend Militaire Censuur' tape tied by circular 'Ned. Indisch Deviezen Instiuut/ Deviezen/ Censuur/ Medan/ 11' in carmine on face and reverse. Lovely item of censored mail sent Trans-Pacific via Hong Kong and Penang. You do not often see Triple Asian censors.