Japan. (A.V.2) . 1948. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Germany bearing SG 434, 100y claret SG 444, 1y brown and SG 471, 10y bright violet (block of 6) tied by Tokyo / Nippon date stamp with registration label, famed bilingual Air Mail and hand-stamp'AV/2' in red on face with hand-struck instructional and 'North West Airlines / Oriental' label, routed via United States with 'Opened by Cen. Civil Mails' label and Hamburg arrival. The first Japanese 'AV./2' cover I have seen. Lovely item for the Exhibitor.

Japan.( Netherlands East Indies). 1917. Picture Post card of 'Nagasaki The Bund bearing Japan SG 159, 2s green tied by Nagasaki date stamp, underpaid with 'T / 10 Ctms, hand-stamp in carmine and bearing with Netherlands East Indies postage due SG D229, 5c salmon tied by Soerabaja receiver. Very nice item of underpaid mail from Japan.

Japan. (Cyprus). 1926. Registered envelope to Cyprus bearing 'Return of Crown Prince' SG 207, 3s bronze (pair) and SG 209, 10s blue (pair) tied by Tokyo vernacular cancel with circular 'R' hand-stamp in red on face and Tokio date stamp '27th May 1926' and registered label with framed 'Foreign Mail' in violet, endorsed 'Via Siberia' with Larnaca arrival on reverse. Superb franking a Lovely item if destination mail from Japan.

Japan. (Re-Directed Mail). 1895. Envelope addressed to 'The Club, Kobe' bearing Japan 'Koban' SG 114, 2s rose tied by vernacular date stamp in brown-red with 'Officially Sealed/ Department of Communications of Japan' label attached and seven instructional labels for re-direction. Very attractive item.

Japan. 1909. Registered envelope addressed to Leeds bearing SG 142, 6s maroon and SG 146, 20s orange tied by Yokohama date stamp '30th Jan 09' with matching registration label, endorsed 'Via Siberia' with oval London and Leeds arrival on reverse. Nice franking.

Japan. (Egypt). 1942. Envelope addressed to Egypt bearing Japan SG 325, 20s ultramarine tied by Osaka date stamp with framed 'Postal Censor/ 67' hand-stamp in violet and Egypt 'Opened by Censor' label with boxed 'B 1065' censor in violet on reverse and Cairo receiver. Nice item of censored mail from Japan to North Africa.

Japan. (Machine Cancels). 1924. Picture post card addressed to Germany bearing Japan SG 171, 3s carmine and 'Earthquake' SG 220, 5s violet tied by Hakodate machine cancel with Hakodate/ Japan date stamp in violet adjacent. Very fine.

Japan. (Slogan Cancels). 1914. Picture post card of Temple' addressed to London bearing Japan SG 157, 1s orange and SG 160, 3s carmine tied by Nagoya slogan cachet in brown-red. Very scarce.

Japan. 1895. Envelope addressed to France bearing 'Koban' SG 105, 8s violet and SG 113, 1s green (2) tied by Oita-Bungo vernacular date stamp with Kobe, San Francisco and New York transits and Rennes receiver on reverse. Nice 'Koban' franking sent on the Pacific routed from the 'Lebel' correspondence. Emile Lebel was a French Missionary at Oita-Bungo.

Japan. 1894. Envelope addressed to France bearing 'Koban' SG 117, 3s claret (2) and SG 118, 4s bistre tied by Oita-Bungo vernacular date stamp in red/brown with Kobe-Japan/Meiji and Yokohama transits with Paris/Etranger and Rennes receiver. Nice 'Koban' franking from the 'Lebel' correspondence. Emile Lebel was a French Missionary at Oita-Bungo.

Japan. 1894. Envelope addressed to France bearing 'Silver Wedding' SG 127, 5s blue (pair) tied by Oita-Bungo vernacular date stamp in red with 'Kobe Japan/Meiji' double ring transit and Yokohama on reverse with receiver. Very attractive item from the 'Lebel' correspondence. Emile Lebel was a French Missionary at Oita-Bungo.

Japan. (French Maritime Mail). 1902. Picture post card of 'Nagasaki' addressed to France bearing 'Koban' SG 118, 4s bistre tied by octagonal French paquebot 'Ligne N Paq. Fr. No 10' (Salles 1924) date stamp 'Feb 12 02' with Arcachon arrival. Lovely item of mail from Japan with the Koban stamp canceled on board the French packet "Laos". Exhibition item.

Japan. 1884. Envelope addressed to the French Legation, Tokyo bearing 'Koban' SG 82, 4s green tied by cork obliterator with adjacent circular date stamp and vernacular Tokyo arrival. Lovely item paying the double local printed matter rate.

Japan. 1884. Envelope with Correspondence written from the 'Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes/Agence de Yokohama' addressed to the French Legation, Tokyo bearing 'Koban' SG 113, 1c green (2) tied by cork obliterator with double ring Tokyo arrival. Rare item of mail from the French Legation in Yokohama.

Taiwan. (Japanese Occupation Of Formosa). 1910. Picture post card of 'Meiji Bridge of Taihoku, Formosa' addressed to France bearing Japan SG 137, 2s yellow green (pair) tied by vernacular Taihoku date stamp routed via Tsurga/Japan with Craponne arrival in France. Scarce.

Japan. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1915. Stamp-less post card headed 'Service des Prisonniers de Guerre' written from 'Osaka,Japan' dated '25th August 1915' addressed to '1st Marine Brigade, 2nd Battalion, Vth Company, Belgium' cancelled by Osaka/Japan date stamp with boxed Japanese censure in red and 'Prisoner of War' hand-stamp and Militaires/Belgique arrival date stamp. Very fine item of Prisoner of War Mail.

Japan. 1898. envelope addressed to Iowa bearing 'Koban' SG 113, 1s green, SG 126, 2s carmine, SG 127, 5s ultramarine and SG 128, 2s carmine tied by vernacular date stamp with adjacent Tokio date stamp '19th Dec 98' routed via San Francisco with Sioux City arrival on reverse. Very attractive franking.

Japan. (Chile). 1898. Registered envelope addressed to Chile bearing 'Koban' SG 120, 10s brown (pair) tied by Yokohama date stamp '4 Nov 98' with registered label, endorsed 'via Vancouver' with Victoria transit 'Nov 16' , Montreal 'No 22' and oval New York/Reg '24/11' with New York registration label and Valparaiso/Certificado '31st Dec 98' on reverse with 'Valparaiso/ Certificado Cudad' label in blue-green on face. Lovely item of destination mail from Japan with triple registration labels including scarce Valparaiso receiving label. Exhibition item.

Japan. 1901. Registered envelope addressed to Germany bearing 'Koban' SG 121, 15s violet (2) tied by vernacular Tokio date stamp with matching registered label, endorsed 'via Vancouver' with Bestelit arrival on reverse. Very fine and scarce.

Japan. (Hong Kong). 1916. Envelope headed 'The Miyako Hotel, Kyoto, Japan' addressed to Hong Kong bearing SH 189, 1 1/2s green, red and yellow and SG 3s red and yellow (3) tied by Kyoto vernacular date stamp with Kobe transit. Very fine and attractive item.

Japan. 1939. Registered envelope bearing SG 320, 7s green (pair) tied by vernacular date stamp with registration label. Superb.

Japan. (Russia). 1927. Registered envelope addressed to Holland bearing SG 185, 1 1/2s olive and scarlet (2), SG 186, 3s violet and brown, SG 187, 4s carmine and SG 188, 10s blue tied by vernacular date stamp with Tokio registered label, endorsed 'via Siberia' with Russian Censor 'No 103' in blue and Russian Censor 'No 103' in blue and Russian censor label tied by framed censor in scarlet with Enschede arrival. Superb.

Japan. (China). 1918. Registered Japanese postal stationery folded letter card 3s carmine upgraded with SG 160, 3s carmine and SG 161, 4s scarlet written from 'Shinyu Hotel' dated 'Sept 4' cancelled by Vernacular date stamp with adjacent Nagasaki in violet with matching registered label addressed to 'Monsieur Tarrant, Commissioner Customs House, Wen Chow, Tchongkiang' routed via the Imperial and Japanese Post Office Shanghai with Wenchow arrival '16th Sept 18' on reverse. A very rare item of Registered postal stationery to China. Exhibition item.

Japan. (China). 1914. Registered envelope addressed to Szechuan, China bearing SG 176, 10s blue tied by vernacular date stamp with Shimonoseki-2 registered label routed via Shanghai. Very fine item of registered mail from Shimonoseki.

Japan. (Earthquake Issue). 1924. Picture post card of 'The Houzu River, Kyoto' addressed to Belgium bearing SG 219, 4s green (imperf pair) tied by Kioto/Japan date stamp in violet. Scarce stamps on card.

Japan. (Prisoner Of War). 1915. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Shanghai, China with hand-struck 'Service Des Prisonniers/de Guerre' in red written from Fukuoka, Japan with oval censor and dispatch in red and Shanghai/I.J.P.O. arrival on front. Very fine.

Japan. (Royal Air Force). 1947. Registered envelope addressed to Scotland bearing Great Britain SG 486, 1d pale scarlet (pair) and SG 489, 2 1/2d pale blue tied by "RAF. Post/ Registered/ 11' double ring on face and reverse dated '10th Oct 47' with framed hand-struck 'R/ R.A.F.P.O. 320/ Iwakuni' on face in blue.
Lovely item of registered mail from RAF 11 Base PO at Iwakuni part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force.
This cover is used by Ted Proud in the volume "The Naval & R.A.F. Postal Services" and this is the only known example of R.A.F. 11 Registered postmark.

Japan. (Royal Air Force). 1947. Registered envelope addressed to Scotland bearing Great Britain SG 486, 1d pale scarlet (pair) and SG 489, 2 1/2d pale blue tied by 'RAF. Post/ Registered' double ring with framed hand-struck 'R/RAFPOST/Japan 11' in blue.
Lovely item of registered mail from RAF 11 BASE PO at Iwakuni, Japan part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force.
This is the framed RAF Registered No (80046) illustrated in Ted Proud "The Naval & R.A.F. Postal Services.", only one other date is known '10th Oct 1947.'

Japan. (Royal Air Force). 1947. Registered envelope addressed to Scotland bearing Great Britain SG 485, 1/2d green, SG 486, 1d pale scarlet and SG 490, 3d pale violet tied by 'RAF/ Post Japan/ 321' double ring with framed hand-struck 'R/ R.A.F.P.O. 3201 "Miho" on face in violet.
Lovely item of registered mail from RAF PO 321 based at Miho, Japan part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force.
This is the example used by Ted Proud in the book "The Naval & R.A.F. Postal Services."

Korea. (Chile). 1923. Registered and Advice of Receipt Chile postal stationery envelope upgraded with Yvert 97, 1p green and black tied by Rancagua/ Certif date stamp '14th Oct 23' with registration label and 'A.R.' label on face addressed to Genzun, Korea routed via Santiago and Keijo/ Chosen '22/12' in violet with Genzun vernacular arrival. Superb item of incoming mail.

Korea. (Egypt). 1923. Egyptian postal stationery envelope 'five mills' carmine upgraded with SG 78, 10m blue tied by Alexandria date stamp '15th Jan 23' addressed to Genzan, Korea with Port Said and Hong Kong transits '19th Feb' and Genzan vernacular date stamp arrival. Nice item of incoming mail.

Korea. 1903. Picture post card of 'Pounding Rice, Seoul' addressed to France bearing SG 27a, 4ch carmine tied by Chempulo/Coree double ring routed via the French Post Office Shanghai. Lovely card. A very fine item.

Korea. (Japanese Post Offices In Korea). 1910. Envelope addressed to France bearing Japan SG 134, 1s brown SG 136, 1 1/2s violet (pair) and SG 139, 3s rosine (pair) tied by Seoul/ Korea date stamp '22nd April 1910' , endorsed 'via Siberia', routed via Manchuria with Changchun transit and Cannnes arrival '15th May 10' on reverse. Lovely three colour franking.

Korea. (Japanese Post Office In Korea). 1914. Envelope bearing Japan 'Military Post' SG M156, 3s rosine tied by Korea date stamp '28th Nov 1914' . Japan stationed troops in Korea in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War. Soldiers were issued two stamps per month. Superb.

Korea. (Japanese Post Office In Korea). 1912. Envelope bearing Japan 'Military Post' SG M156, 3s rosine tied by Yeonsan date stamp '15th Dec 1912' with instructional 'Urgent' in red on face. Nice item, Japan stationed troops in Korea in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War. Soldiers were issued two stamps per month. Superb.

Korea. (Japanese Post Offices In Korea). 1906. Unstamped picture post card addressed to Japan cancelled by framed 'Gunji Yubin' in violet (Military Mail) and hand-struck in red with cancelled Cheonju (Korea) date stamp and arrival '11th July 1906. Superb Post War Japanese Army Mail from the Russo-Japanese War.

Korea. 1901. Korean postal stationery card 1ch blue cancelled by chemulpo/ coree double ring '2nd Jan 01' addressed to Japan with Yamashiro vernacular arrival on face. Very fine.

Korea. (Japan Used In Korea). 1930. Unsealed envelope addressed to Leeds bearing Japan SG 241, 2s green tied by Fusan/ Chosen date stamp in violet. Superb item paying the Unopened Printer matter rate from Fusan, Korea.

Korea. (Japanese Post Office In Korea). 1934. Envelope written from Junten (Soonchun) addressed to Chicago bearing Japan SG 231, 1s yellow (10) tied by vernacular Junten date stamp '28 July 1934' with Chicago receiver on reverse. Nice franking.

Korea. 1899. Postal stationery card 1en blue written from Shanghai cancelled by Shanghai/Local Post date stamp 'Jy 7 99' addressed 'The Bund, Shanghai'. Very fine.

Korea. 1900. Envelope addressed 'The Bund, Shanghai' cancelled by Seoul/Coree double ring '13th Juil' and forwarded to 'Poste Restante, Yokohama' with vernacular transit and Yokohama/ Japan arrival '1st Aug' on face. Very fine.

Korea. 1902. Envelope written from the 'French Legation in Coree' addressed to France bearing SG 30b, 16ch bright purple tied by Seoul/Coree double ring, routed via Siberia with Paris receiver on reverse. Scarce item of mail from Korea to France.

Korea. 1902. Postal stationery card 1c blue upgraded with Yvert 20, 3c orange tied by Fusan Coree double ring addressed to France, routed via Chemulpo with French Post Office Shanghai Chine double ring transit. Scarce item of mail from this office.

Korea. (France). 1913. Picture post card of 'Shokei Palace, Museum' addressed to France bearing Japan SG 137, 2s yellow-green (pair) tied by Seoul vernacular date stamp '5/10' routed via Ninsen (Chemulpo)/Chosen date stamp in violet '5/10/13' with Nieve arrival '9th No' on reverse. Very fine.

Korea. (Gwendoline Gold Mine). 1905. Picture post card of 'Our Main squadron proceeding to attack enemy' written from the 'British Mining Concession, Gwendoline, Korea' dated 'Gwendoline 13th Dec 05' addressed to London bearing Japan SG 140, 4s rosine tied by (Ichan) Gwendoline/ Coree vernacular date stamp, endorsed 'via America' with Moji/ Japan transit '19th Dec 05'. Very fine item from the Gwendoline Gold Mine.

Korea. (Gwendoline Gold Mine). 1905. Picture post card of 'Port Arthur as seen from Namako-Yama ' written from the 'British Mining Concession, Gwendoline, Korea' dated 'Gwendoline 16th Sept 05' addressed to London bearing Japan SG 140, 4s rosine tied by (Ichan) Gwendoline/ Coree vernacular date stamp, endorsed 'via America' with Moji/ Japan transit '22nd Sept 05' . Very fine item from the Gwendoline Gold Mine.

Japan. (Russo-Japanese War). 1905. Picture post card of 'Sakhalin Islands' addressed to France cancelled by Tokio/ Japan date stamp '20th Sept 05' with 'Service des/ Prisonniers de Guerre' and oval censor cachet written by an Italian P.O.W. in Matsuyama Camp. Very fine.

Japan. (Japanese Occupation Of The Caroline Islands). 1941. Japanese postal stationery card 2s scarlet upgraded with Japan SG 395, 4s green (pair) tied by vernacular Angaur date stamp (Insulo Angaur 1st June 41) addressed to Holland, endorsed mail from the Japanese Occupation Angaur Island. Out of 12,000 Japanese Troops only on the Caroline Island only 1000 were on this tiny Pacific Island. Today the population is 130. A great rarity for the Exhibitor.

Japan. 1875. Japanese postal stationery card 5 rin bistre upgraded with SG 66, 1/2s grey (syllabic 2) tied by Usuki double ring addressed to Oita with circular red hand-stamp to identify box of posting on face. Lovely quality.

Japan. (Slogan Cancels). 1920. Picture post card of 'Nagoya Park' addressed to London bearing Japan SG 167, 1/2s brown SG 169, 1 1/2s blue and SG 170, 2s green tied by Nagoya slogan cachet in brown-red and framed instructional. Very scarce and attractive item.