The famous "Dai Nihon Teikoku Yubin Kitte Enkakushi" Japanese presentation book of 1894 This official history of the Japanese posts included examples of all stamps issued to date; as there were none of the 1 sen or 2 sen perforated Dragons on hand (or the original plates), these were reproduced using new steel plates. Of 300 "Enkakushi" issued, perhaps only a few dozen have survived. The present example is complete with all stamps and postal stationery as issued, and with original silk binding. It was presented by members of the Japanese delegation to the U.P.U. Congress at Budapest in July 1896 to other delegates. This example has, on a white cover page, a vibrant inscription "Warm remembrance from Mr. Berard Yokohama, 25th February 1900; on board of the Sydney". We know of only two other example of this rarity having changed hands during the last decade.
578.097: Japan. Literature (Image)

1917, Registered money letter from Tokyo 'service des prisonniers de guerre' to prisoner of war camp AONOGAHARA, the addresseè was a member of the Austrian SMS Kaiserin Elizabeth ship and imprisoned from 1915-1919 in camp Aonogahara, at front 5 sealing vignettes of Japanese Post, very decorative (Image)

1945 (May 5) Red Cross envelope from Hong Kong to Switzerland franked with 1945 Surcharged Japanese 3y on 2s scarlet vert. strip of three, minor opening faults, fine (Image)