- £750.00
Netherlands East Indies. (Japanese Occupation - Postage Due). 1944. Envelope addressed to Medan bearing Netherlands Indies 'Japanese Occupation' SG 51b, 10c vermilion, surcharge 'Dai Nippon/ Tei Koku Yubin' (stamp not valid) with adjacent 'Galang' vernacular date stamp '19/10/, with oval censor in red and circular '2' censor cachet with hand-stamp 'C', underpaid and bearing Netherlands Indies postage due SG D231, 10c salmon (pair) overprinted with framed 'Dai Nippon' in black tied on arrival by Medan date stamp '21st Oct 44.'
Scarce item of underpaid mail from the Japanese Occupation of Sumatra bearing 'Dai Nippon' Japanese postage due, less than 10 items known with Dutch Indies Japanese Occupation tax stamps.
Exhibition quality.
Ex Paul Bulterman.
