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1940 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

Ref: DR17784
  • £245.00

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.