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1941 | Netherlands East Indies

Ref: DR19283
  • £275.00

Netherlands East Indies. (Censored Mail). 1941. Netherlands Indies postal stationery card 3 1/2c black cancelled by Koetaradja date stamp '12th June 41' with adjacent framed hand-stamp 'Militaire Censuur/ Koetaradja' in black on face addressed to Wonosobo with m/s arrival '24/6' in red crayon on reverse.



Very scarce item of censorship from Koetaradja with variety wide "U" in censuur.

Only one other item known in the 'Museum voor Communication', collection "B. Hiegentlich".

A similar example illustrated in 'Nico de Weijer' Postal Censorship and Internment Camp Mail in the Dutch Indies 1940 - 1942 page 103/ 104.

Ex Paul Bulterman.