Gold Coast. (Ivory Coast). 1945. Air Mail envelope addressed to Gagnoa, Ivory Coast bearing SG 126, 6d purple tied by Dunkwa date stamp '4th Feb' with framed 'Passed by Censor/ Gold Coast/ 8' censor cachet in red and circular 'Control Postal/ Commission D/ Afrique Occidentale/ Francaise' censor cachet on face with D/2' cachet and blank censor tape with Gagnoa/ Cote D'Ivoire arrival on reverse '18th Feb.' Scarce item.

Gold Coast. 1906. Registered postal stationery envelope 1d brown upgraded with SG 50, 1d purple and carmine and SG 53, 3d purple and orange tied by Kunmasi Gold Coast Colony date stamp, addressed to Bohemia with Registered/ Plymouth and London transits with Gabionz arrival on reverse. Nice item.

Gold Coast. (World War One-Censor). 1916. Gold Coast postal stationery card 'halfpenny' green upgraded with SG 70, 1/2d green tied by Coomassie double ring 'Jul 8 1916' with m/s 'PC' on face, addressed to Switzerland and endorsed 'via Liverpool or Plymouth'. A scarce Provisional censor, rarely seen.

Gold Coast. 1943. Air Mail envelope addressed to Scotland bearing SG 126, 6d purple and SG 127, 9d orange tied by Acrra date stamp with 'Opened by Examiner/ 00/ 6' label. Very fine.

Gold Coast. 1937. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 109, 6d purple tied by Insu/ Gold Coast double ring 'Nov 18', endorsed 'Per Imperial Air Ways/ via Lagos' with (N) Kum/ G.C. double ring and Accra on reverse. Lovely item with Nkum transit type postmark not listed by Proud.

Gold Coast. (Kenya - Uganda). 1946. Registered envelope written from Kenya addressed to the Northern Territories, Gold Coast bearing Kenya SG 155, 20c orange and SG 156, 30c blue tied by Limuru double ring '11th No 46', routed via Takoradi/ Gold Coast' 25th Jan 47' with Bolgatanga arrival '7th Feb' and forwarded to Zuarunga.

Gold Coast. 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to Scotland bearing SG 122, 1 1/2d scarlet (2) and SG 128, 1s black and olive tied by Accra date stamp with framed 'Crown/ Passed/ 00/ 2' censor cachet in violet on face. Very fine.

Gold Coast. 1903. Postal stationery card 'one penny' red cancelled by Abokobi/ C date stamp 'Jan 29 03', addressed to Germany, routed via Accra with Hersfeld arrival on face. Scarce Office operated by a German Missionary of the Basel Mission.

Gold Coast. (Belgium). 1935. Air Mail envelope addressed to Accra endorsed '1st Courrier Belgique Gold Coast via jus a Marseille, Brazzaville' bearing Belgium Yvert 386, 35c green and Aior Mail Yvert 1, 50c blue and Yvert 3, 2f green tied by Bruxelles date stamp, routed via Paris '28/2' with Cotonou/ Dahomey '9th Mars' and Lome/ Togo '11th Mars' with Keta/ Gold Coast '12th Mars' and oval Registered/ Accra Gold Coast arrival '18th Mars' with m/s Not Called For' and returned with boxed instructional 'Undelivered For Reasons Stated/ Return To Sender/ Address on Cover'. Interesting item NOT sent by Air Mail but overland on the First Trans-Sahara Service.
Lovely item with red vertical lines JUSQU'A mark applied at office of exchange.

Gold Coast. 1900. Picture post card of 'Market Place, Kwitta' addressed to Germany bearing SG 27, 1d mauve and rose tied by bar obliteration with adjacent Adda/ Gold Coast date stamp 'Nov 13 1900', endorsed 'per Rognelle' and routed via Liverpool with 'Paid/ Liverpool/ Br. Packet' in red and Hamburg arrival.

Gold Coast. 1903. Illustrated envelope addressed to England bearing SG 39, 1d purple and carmine tied by Elmina/ Gold Coast date stamp 'Fe 16 03', routed via Cape Coast with Wolverhampton arrival on reverse. Attractive cover with (year date inverted).

Gold Coast. (United States). 1940. Envelope addressed to the United States bearing SG 120, 1/2d green and SG 121, 1d brown tied by Asamankese/ Gold Coast date stamp '25th Sept 40' with 'Gold Coast/ Opened by Censor' label, underpaid with 'T/ over...oz' hand-stamp and bearing United States postage due SG D703, 1c carmine and SG D706, 5c carmine tied by oval concentric ring with 'New York/ Due 6 Cents' duplex adjacent on face. A very attractive underpaid cover from Gold Coast.

Gold Coast. 1942. Envelope addressed to the United States bearing SG 121, 1d brown (block of four) tied by Takoradi Wharf date stamp with 'Opened by Examiner' censor label tied by framed 'Passed by Censor/ Gold Coast/ 7' censor cachet in violet. Nice item from Takoradi Wharf, situated between two warehouses where the steamers usually berthed.

Gold Coast. (Togo). 1935. Registered envelope addressed to French Togo bearing SG 115, 6d green and indigo and SG 116, 1s slate and purple (2) tied by oval Registered/ Keta, Gold Coast date stamp with matching registered label and Lome/ Togo arrival '25th Oct' on reverse. Very nice item of Silver Jubilee mail.

Gold Coast. 1944. Air Mail envelope addressed to the United States bearing Gold Coast SG 129, 1/3d brown and turquoise (pair) tied by Akropong date stamp with 'Opened by Examiner// 00/ 335' censor label, underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and m/s '2/=' in blue crayon with New York 'Examined By/ 5432' label. Nice item.

Gold Coast . 1906. Registered postal stationery envelope 1d brown upgraded with SG 50, 1d purple and carmine and SG 53, 3d purple and orange tied by Kumasi, Gold Coast Colony cds, addressed to Bohemia with Registered/ Plymouth and London transits and Gabinonz arrival on reverse. Nice item.

Netherlands East Indies. 1900. Picture post card of 'Oranje Hotel, Padang' addressed to Holland bearing Netherlands Indies SG 89, 2 1/2c yellow (strip of three) tied by Tanjongpriok squared circle with octagonal French paquebot 'Yokohama a Marseille L.N. No 6' date stamp and Sloterduk arrival. Very fine.

Netherlands East Indies. (Constantinople). 1904. Netherlands Indies postal stationery double reply card 7 1/2c red cancelled by Sigoarog squared circle addressed to Constantinople routed via Egypt with British Post Office Constantinople on face. Very fine.

Netherlands East Indies. (Penang). 1901. Netherlands Indies postal stationery card 5 cents blue cancelled by Edi squared circle '22/10' addressed to Buienzorg with 'N.I. Postagent Penang' and 'N.I. Agent Singapore' '25/10' with Weltrevreden and Buienzorg arrival '29/10' on face. Very fine.

Netherlands East Indies. (Liberated POW'S MAIL). 1946. Stamp-less envelope written from the Red Cross, Batavia addressed to Tijmahi Camp, Bandoeng cancelled by eight bar date stamp '6th Jan 1946', forwarded with circular 'RAPWI/ Postkantoor/ Batavia' date stamp '15th Feb 46' (Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees).

Netherlands East Indies. (Liberated POW'S MAIL). 1945. Stamp-less envelope endorsed 'On Active Service' written from Singkawang, West Borneo cancelled by Pontianak date stamp '3rd Dec 45' addressed to 'R.A.P.W.I., Batavia (Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees). Nice item of mail from West Borneo.

Netherlands East Indies. (Liberation). 1948. Air Mail envelope from the 'A.M.V.J. (Netherlands Young Man's Association) headed 'In Actieve Dienst/ Per Luchtpost' addressed to Medan cancelled by 'Veldpost - Medan' date stamp '27th April' with arrival '7/5' and forwarded to Peraoengen '8/5' on face. Fine item.

Netherlands East Indies. (Steam - Ship). 1914. Envelope addressed to Holland bearing Netherlands Indies SG 216, 10c carmine tied by Sabang date stamp '28th Dec 14', endorsed 'Zeepost' with hand-struck 'Stoomschepen/ Rechtscteeks' on face with Veldpost and Amsterdam arrival on reverse '1st Feb 1915.' Very fine.

Netherlands East Indies. (Liberation - Civil Administration). 1945. Netherlands postal stationery card 5 green upgraded with Netherlands 2 1/2c green tied by Utrecht date stamp addressed to 'c/o K.P.M. Line, Sydney' with framed 'Neederland/ Gezien/ Door Den/ Censuurdienst/ 5123' censor hand-stamp in violet and circular 'K.P.M./ Sydney/ Oct 10 1945' arrival in carmine on face. Very nice Koninlijke Paketvaart Maatschaprij' arrival in Australia.

Netherlands East Indies. (liberation - Civil Administration). 1945. Envelope written from Holland addressed to Camp Columbia, Brisbane bearing Holland 7 1/2c orange (2) tied by Heneglo date stamp '17th Aug 45' with Nederland/ Geopend Door Den Censuurdienst' label, forwarded from Brisbane, endorsed 'KDP Batavia' on face. Scarce item to 'The Office of Displaced Persons' (KDP see Tett page 357).

Netherlands East Indies. (Liberation - Civil Administration). 1945. Air Mail Netherlands Indies postal stationery card 5c on 3 1/2c grey upgraded with Netherlands 7 1/2c orange dated 'Amsterdam 1st Sept 1945', addressed to 'N.I.C.A. Camp Columbia, Brisbane' with framed 'Nederland/ Gezien/ Door Den/ Censuurdienst/ 5235' in violet on face. Scarce item into the Netherlands Indies Civil Administration with censor cachet.
Lovely item with red vertical lines JUSQU'A mark applied at the office of exchange.

Netherlands East Indies. (Liberation - Civil Administration). 1945. Air Mail envelope written from Holland addressed to 'Private Mol, Royal Netherlands Indies Army, Brisbane' bearing Netherlands Yvert 166, 1c red, Yvert 380, 40c green (pair), 1 1/2c mauve and 5c green (pair) tied by Venlo date stamp '29th Sept 45', endorsed 'via India' and forwarded to 'R.N.E.I. Airforce Camp, Baundaberg'. Nice item, the Netherlands East Indies Air Force used the Base flying B-25 Mitchell Bombers.

Netherlands East Indies. (Liberation/ Refugee Mail). 1946. Envelope written from a Dutch Ex POW endorsed 'M.M.D. 11 Tent 19, Balikpapan' addressed to Batavia bearing Netherlands Indies SG 472, 10c brown tied by Balikpapan slogan '2nd May 46' with circular 'Passed by R.N.F. Censor/ No 48' on face (Royal Netherlands Force) and 'P.T.T./ Batavia (AMACAB) receiver on reverse. Scarce item with Allied Military Administration receiver on reverse.

Netherlands East Indies. (Recovery of Allied Prisoners). 1945. Air Mail envelope addressed to Holland bearing SG 471, 7 1/2c olive (pair) and SG 476, 30c grey tied by framed Balikpapan date stamp '24th Dec 1945' with circular 'Passed by/ R.N.F. Censor/ No 48' on face.
Major Dr. Schouten had been a Doctor at the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, Camp Columbia, Wacol, Brisbane ans served with the 'RAPWI' (Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees) in the Dutch Indies, Timor and Thailand. The NEI Government in Exile was quartered in Camp Columbia from 1944. A scarce item.

Netherlands East Indies. (Civil Administration). 1945. Air Mail envelope written from Holland addressed to 'Camp Columbia, Brisbane' bearing Netherlands Yvert 371, 7 1/2c carmine, 7 1/2c red and 40c indigo tied by Assen date stamp '29th Aug 45' with 'Nederland/ Geopend Door Den Censuurdienst' cernsor label and endorsed 'Consulate Brisbane'.
Lovely item with red vertical line JUSQU'A mark applied at office of exchnage.

Netherlands East Indies. (Netherlands). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Amsterdam bearing Netherlands Indies SG 342, 7 1/2c violet and SG 343, 10c scarlet tied by Makassar date stamp with 'Geopend Militaire Censuur Medan' censor label routed via Singapore with framed '30' censor cachet, underpaid with Netherlands postage due Yvert 51, 5c grey/ blue applied and tied by Amsterdam receiver with German censor tape tied by German censor cachet. Nice item.

Netherlands East Indies. (Liberated POW'S MAIL). 1947. News-Band wrapper addressed to Batavia bearing Netherlands Indies SG 467, 1c green and SG 485, 2c sepia tied by 'Postkantoor/ Kramat Kamp/ Batavia' date stamp '11th Oct 47'. Scarce item from Kramet Camp paying the 3 cent printed matter rate.

Netherlands East Indies. (Liberated POW'S MAIL). 1946. Air Mail envelope written from Medan endorsed 'Airmail' addressed to Batavia cancelled 'KDP - PTT - Medan/ 26 February 1946' with circular 'RAPWI/ Postkantoor/ Batavia' arrival on reverse. Lovely item from the Office of Displaced Persons in Medan to the 'Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees Bureau.

Netherlands East Indies. (Liberated POW'S MAIL). 1945. Stamp=less envelope written from Medan endorsed 'per flagpost' addressed to Batavia cancelled 'KDP - PTT - Medan/ 31 Dec 1945'. Lovely item from the Office of Displaced Persons.

Netherlands East Indies. 1948. Air Mail envelope from the 'A.M.V.J.' (Netherlands Young Mans Association, Veldpost, Medan) headed 'In Active Dienst/ Per Luchtpost' addressed to Holland bearing Netherlands Indies SG 346, 5c blue and SG 475, 20c brown/ purple (2) tied by Medan date stamp '20th Mar 48'. Fine item.
Ex Paul Bulterman.

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. (Red Cross). 1941. Envelope headed 'Nederlandsch- Indisch Roode Kruis/ Contactbureau Indi-Nederland/ Batavia' addressed to 'Information Bureau of The Netherlands Red Cross, Stratton House, London' bearing Netherlands Indies SG 346, 15c ultramarine tied by Batavia Centrum date stamp '11th Oct 41' with oval 'Contact Bureau/ Indie-Nederland' in carmine on face and 'Diboeke Oleh Censuur/ Door Censuur Geopend' label tied by 'Censuur/ 5' date stamp in red, 'Dienst/ Vrij Van Port' erased and boxed 'London Committee/ Roode Kruis/ Van Nett/ Nederlandsche' dated '31st Dec 1941' on arrival. Superb item, by this time free mail for the Red Cross had ceased.

Netherlands East Indies. 1946. Envelope addressed to Den Hague bearing SG 519, 25c blue-green tied by Semarang date stamp '29th July 48' with 'Deviezen/ Control/ Semerang' censor on face. Scarce item from the War of Independence.

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 27 Dec 1949.

Netherlands East Indies. (Liberated POW'S MAIL). 1946. Envelope written from 'Kramet Camp, Java' endorsed 'Ex P.O.W. Mail/ Per Paymaster' addressed to Switzerland cancelled by circular 'Postkantoor/ Kramet - Kamp/ Batavia' dated '20th Mar 1946' on face with framed 'Taxe Percure'. Unusual item of ex POW Liberated mail to Switzerland.

Netherlands East Indies. (Liberated POW'S MAIL). 1946. Red Cross envelope headed 'Nederlandsch--Indisch Roode Kruis' with Centraal Informatie Bureau/ v. h. Ned. Ind. Roode Kruis/ Batavia' addressed to Tjimahi, Red Cross' cancelled by Batavia date stamp '11th May 46' with hand-stamp 'Dienst' (Service) on face. Attractive item.

Netherlands East Indies. (Liberated P.O.W.'S' MAIL). 1947. Red Cross Air Mail envelope from the 'Centraal Comite Van Het/ Ned Roode Kruis/ AFD Indonesie/ Batavia' cancelled by Centrum date stamp '8th July 47'. Very fine.

Netherlands East Indies. (Liberated P.O.W.'S MAIL). 1945. Netherlands Indies Red Cross envelope headed 'Nederlandsch- Indisch Roode Kruis' with 'Centraal Inlichtinge Bureau/ Batavia' addressed to Medan cancelled by framed 'Nederlandsch/ PTT/ Batavia' date stamp '23rd Dec 1945.' Attractive item.

Netherlands East Indies. (Veldpost). Circa 1944. Veldpost envelope written from the 'A.I. Mobil Unit' addressed to Batavia bearing Netherlands Indies SG 429, 10c vermilion tied by framed 'Veldpost/ Distributiekt. 30' hand-stamp with 'Censuur/ Gepasseerd' hand-stamp in carmine on face.

Netherlands East Indies. 1945. Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, Camp Columbia, Wacol. Pass and Indentity Card for Major Dr. Schouten. Major Schouten had been a Doctor at the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, Camp Columbia, Wacol, Brisbane ans served with the "RAPWI" (Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees) in the Dutch Indies, Timor and Thailand. The N.E.I. Government in Exile was quartered in Camp Columbia from 1944. A very nice item of ephemera.

Netherlands East Indies. (Curacao). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Curacao, Netherlands West Indies bearing Netherlands Indies SG 407, 30c indigo and SG 411, 60c ultramarine tied by Balik Papan (Borneo) date stamp '7th Jan 41' with 'Door Censuur Geopend' censor tape tied by Gecensureerd/ 34' hand-stamp and 'Ned. Ind. Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur Soerabaja/ 2' in carmine on face with 'Gezien/ Censuur/ Curacao' and Willemsted, Curacao receiver '28th Jan 41' on reverse. Nice item of mail from Dutch Borneo sent Trans-Tasman over Two Oceans.

Netherlands East Indies. (Curacao). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Curacao, Netherlands West Indies bearing Netherlands Indies SG 409, 40c yellow-green and SG 410, 50c indigo tied by Balik Papan (Borneo) date stamp '22nd Jan 41' with 'Door Censuur Geopend' censor tape tied by 'Gecensureerd/ 29' hand-stamp and 'Ned. Ind. Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur Soerabaja/ 1' in carmine on face with 'Gezien/ Censuur/ Curacao' and Willemstad, Curacao receiver '11th Feb 41' on reverse. Nice item of mail from Dutch Borneo sent 'Trans-Tasman over two Oceans.

Netherlands East Indies. (Interrupted Mail). 1939. Envelope addressed to Hungary bearing SG 404, 15c ultramarine tied by Ambarawa date stamp '6th Sept 39' with 'Opened by Censor/ 1260' label applied in transit and Budapest arrival '9th Nov 39' on reverse. Mail interrupted on route to Hungary by the start of WW2.

Netherlands East Indies. (Trans Pacific Mail). 1941. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to the United States bearing Netherlands Indies SG 404, 15c ultramarine, SG 410, 50c indigo and SG 413, 1g violet tied by Probelinggo date stamp '10th Mar 41' with matching registered label and 'Door Censuur Geopend' censor tape tied by circular 'Ned. Indisch Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur Soerabaja/ 6' in carminre on face, endorsed 'By KNILM/ TT/ PAA/ to USA and onward Air-Transmission', routed via Hawaii 'March 18' with Highlands arrival '24th Mar' on reverse. Very fine item of registered mail going Trans-Tasman and over the Pacific.

Netherlands East Indies. (Trans-Pacific Mail). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Boston bearing Netherlands Indies SG 403, 10c vermilion and SG 410, 50c indigo tied by Batavia Centrum date stamp '31st May 40', endorsed 'via Imperial Air Mail', routed via Penang with 'Crown/ Passed by Censor' label tied by boxed 'Passed By/ 15/ Censor' hand-stamp. Nice routing via Penang.
Lovely item with red vertical lines JUSQU'A mark applied at office of exchange.

Netherlands East Indies. (Trans-Pacific Mail). 1940. Air Mail envelope written from Sourabaya addressed to San Francisco bearing Netherlands Indies SG 401, 5c ultramarine, SG 409, 40c green and SG 411, 60c blue tied by Sourabaya date stamp '26th June 40' with 'Door Censuur Geopend' label and 'Censuur/ Gepasseed/ 6' hand-stamp in carmine, endorsed 'Via Trans-Pacific and Onward Air Trans-Tasmin', routed via Bangkok with circular '1' censor cachet and censor tape tied by framed 'Passed by/ Censor 186/ Singapore' in violet. Lovely item with three different country censors on.

Isle of Man. (Great Britain). 1920. Great Britain postal stationery card 1d scarlet written from Kirk Andreas dated '26th October 1920' addressed to Douglas cancelled by Kirk Andreas thimble (Whitney 567). Scarce item from this small Manx village seeking money for The Lhen Mission Hall.
Card has file holes.