ACCUMULATION: A stock book containing the early (Dragon types - not guaranteed) to modern, mainly used accumulation. Duplication throughout. Collection includes a range of Japanese POs in China. (Many 100s) (Image)

19th CENTURY MAIL; Range with 1885 local env. franked 2s tied by Tokyo cork bar cancel with Tokyo d.s. adjacent, 1886 native paper wrapper to Germany franked 1s + 2s tied by Tokyo Foreign Mail cds, 1895 hand drawn coloured illustrated env. to Brussels franked 1s (2) on rear tied by Tokyo d.s. and with San Francisco & NY transit d.s., 1896 env. to Nagasaki franked 15c with French/Japanese bilingual "INCONNU" h.s. on front, returned and 10c (2) p.dues tied to front, 1897 env. to Toulouse franked 5s Blue & 5s Violet tied by Yokohama cds with Hong Kong & London cds on rear and 1899 env. to Paris franked 3s (3) + 1s tied by native cds. (6 covers) Cross Reference: PRINTED MATTER BY POST, PICTORIAL ENVELOPES - HAND-DRAWN, FRANCE, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS (Image)

H.M.S. BERWICK - 1928/29 FLEET MANOEUVRES AROUND JAPAN: Group of 6 superb hand-tinted PPCs showing various locations in Japan. All but one are addressed to Devon, franked GB 1½d chestnut and cancelled "RECEIVED FROM/H.M. SHIPS". Posted between 1 Nov.1928 & 14 May 1929. Posted from Miyajima, Karatsu, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagasaki & Shanghai. An attractive group. (6) Cross Reference: WORLDWIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY (Image)