Ref: DR19689
- £95.00
Netherlands East Indies. (Veldpost). 1947. Illustrated Air Mail envellpe written from '1 - 4, R.I. Reg. Inf. Bandoeng' addressed to the Netherlands endorsed 'In Actieve Dienst', cancelled by Veldpost - Bandoeng' double ring '15th Avril 47'. Attractive item from the Dutch Indies War of Independence.
The Dutch 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.
