Japan, 1916, 10s Heir Apparent. Light corner cancel, nicely centered, Very Fine. Scott No. 154  $240. $0 (Image)

Japan, 1930's Commemorative Postcards. Group of 25 or so cards, with special cancels, including 1935 visit of Pu-yi, 1942 British Surrender of Singapore, a series of aircraft, etc; very colorful, pristine very fine cards, please inspect. Estimate  $100 - 150. $0 (Image)

Japan, 1934 Communications Day Souvenir Sheet. O.g., hinged, small inclusion lower left, trivial nick upper right, otherwise fresh and Very Fine. Scott No. C8  $1,250. $0 (Image)

Japan, 1935, 1½s New Year's Greeting. Miniature sheet of 20, o.g., never hinged, Choice Very Fine. Scott No. 222a  $700. $0 (Image)

Japan, 1935, 1½s New Year's Greeting. Miniature sheet of 20, o.g., lightly hinged in selvage, crisp bright color. Scott No. 222a  $700. $0 (Image)

Japan, 1940 "Non-Held" Tokyo Games. Lot of three covers, two with diagonal two line imprint at bottom left reading "XII Olympiad/Tokyo 1940", one on United States cover & one on Japanese cover, the Japanese cover with imprint excised with print two bar overprint, the last cover is an Official legal size cover of the Japanese Olympic Organizing Committee showing Olympic Rings and "Tokyo Olympic News" imprint at left, cover with "Bureau de Poste Taxe perçue" red postal franking at right and addressed to the United States, Very Fine. Estimate  $200 - 300. The anticipated 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad and originally scheduled to be held from September 21 to October 6, 1940, in Tokyo, Japan, were cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II. Tokyo was stripped of its host status for the Games by the International Olympic Committee after the renunciation by the Japanese of the International Olympic Committee's Cairo Conference of 1938, due to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The government of Japan had abandoned its support for the 1940 Games in July 1938. $0 (Image)

Japan, 1940 Daisetsuzan National Park Souvenir Sheet. O.g., never hinged, lovely example, Very Fine. Scott No. 306a  $350. $0 (Image)

Japan, 1940 Kirishima National Park Souvenir Sheet. O.g., never hinged, couple trivial inclusions, otherwise fresh and Very Fine. Scott No. 311a  $350. $0 (Image)

Japan, 1948, 5y Philatelic Week. Miniature sheet of 5, o.g., never hinged, couple tiny inclusions, otherwise fresh and Very Fine. Scott No. 422a  $350. $0 (Image)

Japan, 1949, 8y Philatelic Week. Miniature sheet of 5, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. Scott No. 479a  $500. $0 (Image)

Japan, 1949 Children's Exhibition Souvenir Sheet. O.g., never hinged, pristine example, Very Fine. Scott No. 456  $375. $0 (Image)

Japan, Accumulation, 1872-1965. Extensive stock in a dozen or so stockbooks & albums, with duplication throughout, many better items included, with souvenir sheets, airmails, Offices, and much much more; this needs to be examined carefully to determine true value, condition generally F-VF or better, with much never hinged, please inspect. Estimate  $2,500 - 3,500. $0

Japan, Collection, 1871-1962. Neatly mounted on Scott pages, including group of mostly mint imperf Dragons 1a-4a with shades, a couple used also; thereafter mostly used but also nice mint 166 and other mint commemorative high values, regular issues include coils and booklets, National Parks souvenir sheets issues virtually all never hinged with a couple removed for single lotting; other souvenir sheets also present some in duplicate, a few with commemorative cancels; most Parks folders included; airmails C1-7 mint, Offices in China mint & a few used; clean generally F-VF or better, please inspect. Estimate  $3,000 - 4,000. $0

Japan, Forgeries. Selection of over 50 items, mostly well described and annotated, should be studied by the expert. Estimate  $100 - 150. $0

Japanese Offices in Korea, 1900, Japan Offices in Korea Complete. All mint except 3s, 5s, 10s; good colors, o.g., hinged, 8s VF & sound, other values F-VF, 1y small thin, few other values small faults, F.-V.F. appearing. Scott No. 1-15  $1,760. $0 (Image)