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1940 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

Ref: DR17797
  • £225.00

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.