Curiosities: 

Unusual combinations with numeral cancels

 

On the stamps with Dutch East Indies numeral cancels we sometimes notice ‘weird’ cancels. Often these are administrative- , route-, round-, ship- or train cancels. What follows are some examples of these unusual combinations.

  1.  French traincancel on 84 Laboean Deli (collection Jappie Braaksma)

  2.  Shipcancel on 84 Laboean Deli (collection Jappie Braaksma)

  3.  Routecancel on 9 Makassar (collection Jappie Braaksma)

  4.  Shipcancel on 3 Soerabaija (collection Jappie Braaksma)

  5.  Na Posttijd cancel on 13 Tegal

  6.  Shipcancel on 105 Olehleh (collection Ab Stolk)

  7.  Shipcancel on 105 Olehleh (collection Ab Stolk)

  8.  Shipcancel on 89 NI Ex. Kant. Singapore (collection Ab Stolk)

  9.  Surinam numeralcancel 204 Paramaribo on 89 NI Ex. Kant. Singapore collection Ab Stolk)

  10.  Roundcancel Malang on 52 Malang (collection Ab Stolk)

  11.  Handwritten Nietig on 4 Batavia (refused postal item) (collection Ab Stolk)

  12.  Smallround cancel Semarang on 2 Semarang (collection Ab Stolk)

  13.  Handwritten date on 2 Semarang (collection Ab Stolk)

  14.  Dutch stamp with 1 Weltevreden (collection Ab Stolk)

  15.  Routecancel on 84 Laboean Deli (collection Jappie Braaksma)

  16.  Broken or worn number (collection Allan Westphal)

  17.  Smallroundcancel on 110 Djombang

  18.  Routecancel on 108 Medan

  19.  Strange numeralcancel 99 (Belgian?) on Postage Due

  20. Smallroundcancel on 3 Soerabaija (collection Jappie Braaksma)

  21. Smallroundcancel on 8 Buitenzorg (collection Jappie Braaksma)

  22. Cancel of Moquette Stamp imp(ort) on 3 Soerabaija. Moquette was a stamp dealer, known for his fantasy overprints on Dutch East Indies postal items (collection Jappie Braaksma)

  23. Cancel Singapore on 88 Gorontalo

  24. Cancel Straits Settlements? on postage due 3 (illustration Leo Koning)

  25. Handwritten nietig (due to refusal of item by recipient) on 44 Tjiamis (collection Jan Hoogveld)

  26. Small Nietig cancel on 58 Telokbetong (refer to article)

  27. Handwritten date on 62 Menado (collection Jan Hoogveld)

  28. Smallroundcancel Fort de Kock on 55 (collection Wim Sengers)

  29. Smallroundcancel Tandjong Poera on 118 (collection Wim Sengers)