Ref: DR14039
- £650.00
Portuguese Timor. (Netherlands East Indies). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Lombok, Java bearing SG 258, 8a purple, SG 261, 12a scarlet, and SG 275, 20s blue-green (pair) mixed with 'Charity Tax' 10a on 20a on 60 patacas green tied by octagonal Lahane date stamp '15th Jan 41', endorsed 'via Dilly, Koep and Soerabaja/ KNILM' with 'Geopend Censuur Door' label tied by 'Gecensurureerd/ 29' hand-stamp in carmine with circular 'Ned. Ind. Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur/ Soerabaja/4' on face with Soerabaja arrival '27/1'. Tax stamp not listed by SG. Scarce item of commercial mail illustrated in 'Mandjohan's book.
