WWII Timor Island Japan Navy Postcard Dili Se18Se38 Portugal Timor
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:23089314 | Modified Item: No |
| Quality: Used | Topic: War |
| Grade: F (Fine) | Certification: Uncertified |
Japanese Navy Postcardused from Dili of Portuguese Timor (East Timor) under Japanese Occupation inWWII
Written by Kiheiji Sakaino, Se18 Se38, c/o Kure P.O.to Takashi Nagasawa, 1Chome, Honcho, Kiryu-City, Gunma-Prefecture
※ Naval stamplesscover from Dili of Portuguese Timor Island. Marked ‘Gunji Yubin / Ken-etuzumi’(Military Mail / Censored). Censored with red chop of ‘Ito’.
Written “I’m sorry for not writing you solong. I suppose that you a...ll far from front are fine. Eight months have passedsince my departure from home. As I’m serving for construction of ‘○○’, don’tworry about me, please. In last May, I moved to ‘○○’(Timor). This place isdifferent from other places where I stayed and climate is nice. It’s hot in thedaytime. But it’s cold in the morning and in the night. There are varioustypical fruits in southern sea area and scarce fruits here. This is comfortableplace. And it’s my great pleasure to receive comfort bags. My comrade readletters again frequently. He may be able to recite them. At remote corner ofbattle filed, I wish you all may be fine. Please give my regards to my sisterin Tokyo. To Takashi Nagasawa. From Kiheiji Sakaino.”
‘Se 18’ meant Dili, TimorIsland of Dutch Indies. ‘Se38’ meant (Naval) 102ndEstablishment Department.
Timor Island was occupied byJapanese Force. Japanese Army governed Timor like Java and Sumatra. Usages usedby members of Navy are much scarcer.
EMS S/H US$22, Registered Airmail US$8.
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