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.

Japan. (Royal Air Force). 1946. Stamp-less Air Mail envelope endorsed 'On Active Service' addressed to London cancelled by 'RAFPOST Japan/ 320' double ring. Nice item from Iwakuni Air Fore Base.

Japan. (Russo-Japanese War). 1904. Japanese postal stationery letter sheet cancelled by '2nd Army/ No 6 Field Post Office' date stamp '18th Dec 1904' with arrival. Very fine.

Japan. (French Indo-China). 1941. Envelope written from Saigon addressed to Yokohama bearing Indo-China SG 174, 4c orange and SG 187, 21c olive tied by Saigon-Central/Cochinchine date stamp with Japanese Censor label applied in Yokohama on arrival. Very fine.

Japan. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1943. Prisoner of War card from 'Osaka Group Camps addressed to England written from 'Sergeat Orchard, Osaka Camp' dated '21st November 1943' , card pre-printed 'Furyo Yubin' (Prisoner of War Post) and 'Yubin Hagaki' (Postcard) with framed 'Ken' etsuzumi' (censored) with circular 'Tomita' censor seal in orange with boxed 'Crown/Passed/P.W. 2023' British censor hand-stamp in crimson applied on arrival. A scarce card from Osaka Camp.

Japan. (Wake Island - Prisoner Of War Mail). Stamp-less envelope written from Marseilles, Ill. cancelled 'Aug 5th 43' endorsed 'D.Warren, U.S.M.C. Formally of Wake Island/ American Prisoner of Zentsuji War Prisoners Camp, Japan/ c/o International Red Cross Geneva, Switzerland, via New York' with 'Examined By/ 298' censor label and framed 'Prisoner of War Post' in carmine on face and endorsed Received Dec 8 43.

Japan. (Royal Air Force). 1947. Registered envelope addressed to Scotland bearing Great Britain SG 488, 2d orange and SG 489, 2 1/2d pale blue tied by 'RAF/ Post Japan/ Registered' double ring with framed hand-struck 'R/R.A.F.P.O. 320/ Japan' on face in blue.
Lovely item of Registered mail from the British Commonwealth Occupation Force based in Kure, Japan.

This is the example used as an illustration in Ted Proud "The Naval & R.A.F. Postal Services".

Japan. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1919. Printed 'Bando' envelope addressed to Sweden headed 'Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre' written by a Swedish Prisoner at Bando bei Tokushima Camp with oval 'des Prisonniers de Guerre-Sce' bilingual cachet in red cancelled by vernacular date stamp with Kristianstad arrival on reverse. Scarce item from Swedish Prisoner.

Japan. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1945. Great Britain postal stationery card 3d violet headed 'Prisoner of war Post/ Service Des Prisoner de Guerre' cancelled by Dundee roller '5th Jan 1945' with framed 'Crown/Passed/ P.W. 8663' in carmine on face addressed to 'Lance Sergeant J. Birre, Camp No 3, Tokyo' with 'Tokyo Prisoner of War Camp Censored' hand-stamp and oval censor cachet not listed by Davis Tett.

Japan. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1944. Great British post card headed 'Prisoners of War Post' cancelled by Stoke Newington date stamp '1st Jun 1944' addressed to 'Driver F.C.R. Smith, Service Des Prisonniers de Gurre, British P.O.W. , 150, Fukuoka Camp, Japan' with framed 'Crown/Passed/P.W. 1658' British censor in red and boxed 'Ket'etsuzumi' with 'Fukuoka Prisoner War Camp' in light blue with oval censor seal of 'Kitano' and 'Okada' in orange on face with m/s '157' and '105'. Attractive item of incoming mail with double censor. Scarce.

Korea. (North Korea). 1957. Air Mail envelope addressed to Germany bearing SG N47, 40wn carmine (imperf pair), SG N95, 2wn rose (imperf strip of 5) and SG N118, 5wn light blue tied by vernacular Pyongyang date stamp. Very attractive item.

Korea. (North Korea). 1957. Illustrated Air Mail envelope addressed to Germany bearing SG N50, 70wn brown (imperf), SG N51, 20wn deep blue and red (imperf) and SG N103, 10wn pale blue tied by vernacular Pyongyang date stamp with framed 'Par Avion' hand-stamp on face. Very attractive item.

Korea. 1901. Lady's envelope addressed to Seoul bearing SG 24a, 2ch blue tied by Chemulpo/ Coree double ring. Superb item paying the printed mater rate.

Korea. 1902. Postal stationery card 4s brown tied by Fusan Coree double ring transit. Scarce item of mail from this office.

Korea. 1900. Red Band envelope bearing 'Tai-Han' SG 12a 5p green tied by vernacular double ring with adjacent Seul date stamp. Scarce.

Korea. 1903. Postal stationery envelope 4ch brown upgraded with SG 27a, 4ch carmine tied by Chemulpo/ Coree double ring '21st Avril', addressed to Austria, routed via the French Post Office Shanghai with Shanghai/Chine transit '27th Avril' and arrival on face. Very fine.

Korea. (Gwendoline Gold Mine). 1902. Picture post card written from the 'British Mining Concession, Gwendoline, Korea' of 'Korea in National Dress, Seoul' addressed to London bearing KKorea SG 27a, 4ch carmine tied by Gwendoline/ Coree double ring in blue '26th Juin 02' , routed via Chemulpo '3rd July' and French Post Office Shanghai '10th July'. Very fine and rare item from the Gwendoline Gold Mine.

Korea. (Gwendoline Gold Mine). 1905. Picture post card written from the 'British Mining Concession, Gwendoline, Korea' of 'Port Arthur from Namako-Yama' addressed to London bearing Korea SG 27a, 4ch carmine tied by Gwendoline/ Coree double ring in blue '1st Avril 05' , endorsed 'via America and England' ,routed via Chemulpo '8th Avril' and Fusan '10th Avril' with French Post Office Shanghai '18th Avril 05' on face. very fine and are item from the Gwendoline Gold Mine.

Laos. (French Indo-China). 1914. envelope addressed to Paris bearing Indo-China SG 54, 5c green and black (pair) tied by Sam-Nua/Laos double ring '8/3' routed north via Sonla/Tonkin '12/3' and Hanoi '18/3' with transits on reverse, endorsed 'via Transsiberian' . Superb and Rare item from this small Laos village in Hua Phan Province.

Laos. (French Indo-China). 1914. Envelope addressed to Paris bearing French Indo-China SG 55, 10c scarlet tied by Sam-Nua/Laos double ring '11th Janv 14' routed via Sonla/Tonkin '15/1' and Hanoi '21/1' with Paris arrival '25th Feb' on reverse. Very fine item from this small village in Hua Phan Province, Northern Laos.

Laos. (French Indo- China). 1903. Envelope addressed to Darlac, Annam bearing French Indo-China SG 23, 5c yellow-green tied by Khong/ Laos double ring '18th Dec 03' routed via Nhatrang/ Annam '28th Dec' and Thanh-Hoa '30th Dec' on reverse. Wonderful unopened Printed matter rate envelope from this small Mekong island to the French Military Enclave in Darlac. Incredibly rare item.

Laos. (French Indo-China). 1912. Picture post card of 'Khas-Kmons Tribe' addressed to France bearing French Indo-China SG 55, 10c rose/black tied by Khong/Laos double ring '13 July' routed via Khone with Aulnoye arrival '16/8' . Very fine item from this small Mekong village.