Ref: DR19690
- £175.00
Netherlands East Indies. (Marine Post). 1947. Stamp-less Air Mail envelope written from the 'R.N.N. "Marbrig" at Batavia endorsed 'On Active Service' addressed to Switzerland cancelled by 'Ned Indie 105ct/ Batavia MARINE' meter cachet in carmine with Marine/ Postkantoor/ Soerabaja on face,
The Marine meter cancel must be very scarce.
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.
Ex Paul Bulterman collection.
