1922 (1 July) 1 1/2s stationery card to Minamiok Gun. Yamagata Pref. from a soldier, Field Artillery, Kiki, De Kastri Port, Sakhalin Expeditionary Force, canceled FPO 53, censor chops, fine and scarce usage (Image)

Est.US$250

1934 (16 Nov) cover with "Missio Independes de Karafuto (Japonia)" franked with 2s green, tied by Toyohara (Yuzhno-Sakhalin) cds and sent to USA, with return address of "Toyohara, Tenshu Kokyokai Japan-Karafuto", fine and scarce usage (The 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth awarded the southern half of the Sakhalin Island to Japan. The city of Vladimirovka was renamed Toyohara, and was the prefect capital of the Japanese Karafuto Prefecture. After World War II, the Japanese portion of Sakhalin island was occupied by Soviet troops and the city was renamed Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) (Image)

Est.US$250