1874-76, Group of eight stationery cards, of which four uprated with "Cherry Blossom" examples, including 1/2 sen native paper and 1/2 sen brown syll. 1 on two Koban 5r cards used locally in Osaka and Uji-Fushimi (with perfect strike of KG Uji); 1 sen syll. 14 (ka) single on small-size 1 sen blue paying extra delivery fee outside the p.o. circuit, and 1 sen ribbon (2) as postage due on card from Tokyo with vermilion irregular due mark. The rest being four folded 1874 1 sen folded cards used, including early-non standard markings of Toyohashi and Temmyo.

1874, 2 sen yellow inscribed "funo" (envelope) to Osaka, syllabic 4 (ni), cancelled by Kiban i-ri 5 (Bitchu.Nanokaichi), showing type KG "Nanokaichi -.9.21" cds on front, type N1B1 "Osaka 9.9.22" (22 Sept. 1876) cds on arrival on reverse. Some tone spots. (JSCA ¥38,000). (Image)