Eight Japanesse Covers or Cards, 1894 to ca. 1910, includes 2sen to U.S. and uprated 3sen to Austria postal cards, 1897 5sen on illustrated envelope to San Francisco, two 1894 Telegraphs with Japanese "Telegraph Sealed" labels, printed envelope from -½U.S. Legation, Tokio" with enclosed invitation, four 1sen on 1910 ppc used in Seoul Korea, 1910 ppc showing construction of 'entrenchmentat Port Arthur', F-VF and unusual group (see online scans) (Image)

CV. 400-500

Japan Postal History Accumulation. over 300 covers or cards with air mail, meter, registered, special delivery, first flights, National Parks, large multiples, ppcs, fdcs, souvenir sheets on cover, sea mail, mostly F-VF, an unpicked group accumulated over many years, (Image)

CV. 400-600

266, 1938 10s Lake, tied to envelope by Yokohama 1.11.38 first day postmark, beautiful hand painted design by Karl Lewis, unaddressed, fresh and Extremely Fine, a gem example (Image)

CV. 200-250

270, 1938 25s Dark brown and pale brown, tied to envelope by Yokohama 11.10.38 first day postmark, beautiful hand painted design by Karl Lewis, unaddressed, spectacular and fresh, Extremely Fine, a gem example (Image)

CV. 200-250

74, 1883 5s Ultramarine, tied by thimble sized 18 Dec 1890 Shangahai IJPA cds, addressed Providence RI, Yokohama 18 Dec 1890 transit, Very Fine. (Image)

CV. 100-150

Invitation from Emperor to the Chrysanthemum Garden Party, with envelope mailing it back to the wife of Senator Ollie James of Kentucky, envelope is very rough but the invitation on thick cardboard is in excellent condition, Fine, a nice piece of historyrnSen. James (1871-1918) first won election to the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky's 1st district in 1902 , and was re-elected to the House four times, serving until 1913. He was the Chairman of the Democratic National Conventions of 1912 and 1916. In 1912 James decided to give up his House seat to seek election to the United States Senate. He won that election and was sworn in on March 4, 1913. He served as chairman of the Senate Committee on Patents and died during his term of office in Baltimore. (Image)

CV. 100-150

1928 Military Card Cancelled FPO 1 During Occupation of Shantung, from "Shirasaka, H.Q. of 3rd Artillery, Wakazuru Barrack, Tsingtoo-City, China", addressed to Shizuota-ken, Japan; 3.9.20 cds, comments on arrival in Tsingtao, how it resembled Kobe and admiration of the barracks constructed by the Germans, Fine (Image)

CV. 100-150

1932 Soldier's Card from FPO 2 Woosung to Nagano, from "Kunio Ito, 1st Platoon, 8th Comy. 50th Regt", 7.3.14 cds, censor chop, Fine;rnJapanese troops landed at Shanghai on 28 Jan 1932 and set up two FPO, one at Shanghai and the other at Woosung which operated between 11 March and 18 May 1932. (Image)

CV. 100-150

c.1944 Soldier's Cover from Kuril Islands, pre-printed illustrated field post card from Japanese soldier with endorsement "Hokupo Haken, Kin 11907 Butai" (Northern Expeditionary Army, 42nd Div.) and addressed to Niigata Japan, message includes "..This place is extremely cold, and there are Arctic foxes to be seen, but overall, Army life is not so bad", FinerrnThe Kurils island chain stretches north across the Pacific from the Japanese island of Hokkaido to the southern tip of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. In 1855, Russia and Japan signed the Treaty of Shimoda, which gave Japan ownership of the four southern islands and Russia ownership of everything to the north. Japan seized and occupied the islands during WW II but Russia retook control of the islands at the end of the war. (Image)

CV. 150-200

Japan Postal Stationery and Postal Card Lot, about 50 items including mint and used, about a dozen used early postal cards,also a group of mint or modern used with uprated National Park card, diverse group, F-VF. (Image)

CV. 150-200