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301 - Dutch East Indies – Java (present-day Indonesia), 1896–1898.…

Estimation 80 € - 150 €

Description

Dutch East Indies – Java (present-day Indonesia), 1896–1898. Lot of two postal stationery cards sent from Batavia to the Netherlands. The first is a 7½ cent rose card, with Weltevreden (Batavia) departure cancel and Maastricht arrival postmark; the handwritten message in Dutch, signed D. Driessen and dated Batavia, 20 October 1896 (?), mentions that the sender is remaining in Batavia. The second is a 5 cent blue card uprated with a 2½ cent orange stamp, cancelled with Weltevreden squared-circle datestamps, Maastricht arrival postmark, and a boxed "12" postal marking. Both cards are addressed to young H. Driessen, care of Mr Lips, Maastricht — evidently a family correspondence between Batavia and a boy in the Netherlands, most likely a parent writing home. Long handwritten messages in Dutch on both cards. Pencil dealer annotations. A fine pair of colonial postal history items illustrating private exchanges between the Dutch East Indies and the motherland at the end of the 19th century. Keywords: philately, marcophily, postal stationery, uprated, Nederlands-Indië, Batavia, Weltevreden, squared circle cancel, family correspondence, colonial mail, incoming mail Netherlands. The descriptions are based on our interpretation of the postmarks and handwritten inscriptions, which are sometimes difficult to decipher; they are provided in good faith and without guarantee.

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Date 16/07/2026 à 14h00

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SANCHEZ Hugo