Selection of early issues with Dragons 100m & 200m on small pieces, 1872 Perf Dragons in mixed condition, 1872 Cherry Blossoms to 30s including 10s yellow-green, 20s lilac (unused; ISJP Certificate) and 20s aniline violet, etc; Japanese Post Offices in China mint/unused to 15s and used to 1y; and half a page of Ryukyus including 1950-58 set **. Only the one stamp expertised so offered 'as is'.
(92) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 625.00
Sold...AU$ 1,200.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1200
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3496
Symbol: #
Cat No: 1 & 7c
1871 Dragons Vertically Laid Pelure Paper 48m to 500m deep greenish blue between SG 1 & 7c, the 48m with tiny nick at lower-right otherwise all superb with good even margins, unused, Cat 1350 minimum. (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 950.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3497
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 514
1948 Philatelic Week 5y 'Beauty Looking Back' Painting SG 514 complete sheetlet of 5 with inscription at top & imprint at base, lightly mounted in the margins only, the stamps unmounted, Cat £475+ for singles. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3498
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 556
1948 Postal Week 5y 'Moon and Bent Geese' Painting SG 556 complete sheetlet of 5 with inscription at top & imprint at base, lightly mounted in the margins only, the stamps unmounted, Cat £700+ for singles. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 340
Postal History
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3499
Symbol: PS
1898 (Aug 28) usage of Japan Postal Card 3s green with hand-coloured (hand-painted?) illustration of a lady walking along a river on the reverse and added franking of Koban 1s green tied by Japanese-characters cds, to an officer on board the German survey ship (converted gunboat) SMS 'Möve' [Seagull] at Matupi, German New Guinea with lengthy hand-written message, a couple of very minor blemishes. Between 1895-1905 Möve conducted extensive surveys mostly around New Guinea; in 1899, Bougainville locals killed the captain of a German merchant vessel, prompting Möwe to bring a police unit to the island to find the perpetrators. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 145.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 145
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3500
Symbol: C
1942 (June 23) Zentsuji Prisoner of War Camp, Shikoku plain postcard to Tokyo endorsed "Last heard of/in Java", from London with British censor in rosine, Japanese cachet in blue & han in scarlet on the reverse (neither recorded by David Tett), pencilled "Zentsugi No 3" & "Rec'd 5.5.44", minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3501
Symbol: C
1942 (Aug 15) Osaka (Oeyama) Prisoner of War Camp, Honshu cover from Devon with British censor label, to "HMS Thracian/ .../Tokyo" but redirected to "OSAKA" over Kanji for Oeyama. censor in violet & han of Hazama Gen in scarlet, pencilled "17.9.44" receival on reverse, minor blemishes. [The 'Thracian' was scuttled at Hong Kong but repaired by the Japanese & converted to a training ship. The POW Research Network Japan states the Oeyama POWs were used in an oil refinery or in a nickel mine at Kaya-cho] (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3502
Symbol: PS
1942 Osaka (Sakurajima) Prisoner of War Camp, Honshu undated Japanese red & black/cream POW postal card with typed pro forma "letter" & "Osaka POW Camp/Sakurajima Sub Camp" at upper-left, han of Tomita, superb British censor in purple, light soiling & minor corner bend. The POWs worked at Osaka Dockyard. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3503
Symbol: C
1943 (Mar 26) Osaka (Tsumori) Civilian Internment Camp, Honshu American cover with superb San Francisco machine with 'GIVE/ + /RED CROSS/WAR FUND' slogan, to a US soldier at "Shanghai, Japan" [sic] but endorsed "OSAKA" and "Tsumori", minor blemishes. Tsumori or Camp 14D was a civilian internment camp that held some POWs. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3504
Symbol: PS
1943 (June 6) Tokyo Number 1 Prison Camp (Kawasaki) Japanese black/buff POW postal card with large box for the sender's details endorsed "No 1 Tokyo Area", two Japanese censors and hans of Takeuchi in crimson & Ichimura in scarlet, from a Radio Officer to Canada where War Effort 7c Plane affixed & flown to Manitoba with part 'TRANSCONA/DE4/43/MAN' arrival cds, minor wear; and 1944 (Oct 1) Canadian POW airmail postal card with Uniforms 1c & 4c tied by Calgary machine, to the sender of the previous item with Japanese censor and oval han of Hirota in rosine & circular han of Emori in scarlet, endorsed on reverse "Received/ April 21 45". An attractive duo. On 3.4.1942, Oswald Collett was captured by a German ship in the South Atlantic and taken to Japan, arriving 25.8.1942. With three non-contemporary photo prints.
(5 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3505
Symbol: C
1943 (Sep 14) Fukuoka (Number 11) Prisoner of War Camp, Kyushu plain postcard from Essex to "Java Camp" with British censor, in Japan redirected to "FUK" Branch Camp "(11)" with Fukuoka censor in violet & unidentified han in scarlet, pencilled "Received 23.1.45" on reverse, bumped corners. The Japanese POW Research Network lists Fukuoka branch camps up to '27', but no '11', which presumably was absorbed into another camp. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3506
Symbol: PS
1943 (Oct 3) Zentsuji Prisoner of War Camp, Shikoku Japanese POW postal card with printed 'ZENTSUZI WAR PRISON CAMP' (error) at upper-left & characters at top of the reverse, to GB with large Zentsuji Camp cachet in violet & han of Hosotani in scarlet, Japanese-language cds & British censor in rosine. Writer states "This is my fifth letter to you. Have not received any replies yet ..." (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3507
Symbol: C/D
1943 (Oct 12) Shinagawa Hospital Camp stampless cover from Sussex with British censor label, Japanese censor cachet in red on both sides & on the enclosed letter which is roughly torn at the base (by the censor?) but unusually with no han, endorsed "HQ" in blue pencil. Driver Fred Boughey was captured in Hong Kong & spent time at Kowloon & Shinagawa Camps before transfer to Omori Camp where he was liberated. He was repatriated on HMS 'Speaker' in -.9.1945.
(2 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3508
Symbol: C/D
1944 (Mar 20) Kobe (Futatabi) Civilian Internment Camp, Honshu USA cover with San Francisco machine & clear censor tape, to a civilian "formerly at Guam/Camp No 3/Kobe", Japanese censor label & cds, pencilled "Kobe"; with the enclosed brief letter. The addressee, Max Brodofsky, had been the PanAm manager at Guam. Illustrated by David Tett in Volume 6 at page 98.
(2 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3509
Symbol: PS
1944 (July) Fukuoka (Mizumaki Number 6B) Prisoner of War Camp, Kyushu simple Japanese POW postal card from an American civilian with light camp censor in violet, very fine han of Kitano in scarlet, on the reverse superb han of Sakamoto, minor defects. Prisoners were used by Takamatsu Coal Mining Co, where conditions were so bad that 74 POWs died. Two senior Japanese officers & one guard were later executed for war crimes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3510
Symbol: PS
1944 (Aug 29) Fukuoka (Yawata Number 3) Prisoner of War Camp, Kyushu British 3d POW Airmail Postal Card from Devon to "3rd Branch Camp Fukuoka" with British censor in rosine, Japanese censor in violet & han of Nakamura in scarlet, endorsed "3" for the Branch Camp, minor imperfections. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3511
Symbol: PS
1944 Fukuoka (Miyata Number 9) Prisoner of War Camp, Kyushu British 3d POW Airmail Postal Card from Northamptonshire to "15th Camp Fukuoka" with British censor in rosine, Japanese censor in violet & han of Nakamura in scarlet, endorsed "9" for the Branch Camp with han of Motohashi in scarlet, received "25.2.45" in pencil on reverse, minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3512
Symbol: PS
1944 (Nov) Zentsuji Prisoner of War Camp, Shikoku simple Japanese POW postal card with 'ZENTSUZI [sic] WAR PRISON CAMP/NIPPON' at upper-left, to Wales with camp censor in violet & unusual boxed han of Hosotani, unusually also with Japanese-language cds of 9.12.1944, largely superb strike of the boxed 'RETURNED IN/UNDELIVERED/MAILS FROM JAPAN' cachet in violet, minor imperfections. The cachet is ambiguous: it was meant to convey that this was part of the undelivered mails found in Japan. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3513
Symbol: PS
1945 (Mar 31) Hakodate Prisoner of War Camp, Hokkaido Japanese black/yellow-buff POW postal card with 'PRISONERS OF WAR MAIL' at left & large address box endorsed "Tokyo" but with Hakodate censor in rosine, hans of Hirota in rosine & an unidentified type in scarlet, to Warwickshire. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3514
Symbol: PS
1945 (May 6) Hakodate Prisoner of War Camp, Hokkaido British 1½d red-brown POW Airmail Postal Card to "Hakodate I" with British censor in rosine but no Japanese markings, bumped corners & minor spots. Apparently delivered, probably after Japan surrendered. The POW's sister states "Hope you have heard the news" but doesn't say what it is (presumably the imminent surrender of Germany, on 8.5.1945). (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3515
Symbol: PS
1945 (July 6) Zentsuji Prisoner of War Camp, Shikoku British 1½d red-brown POW Airmail Postal Card to Zentsuji with 'HOLLOWAY' machine, not forwarded to Japan & returned with 'RAF POSTAL SERVICE' label tied by 'RAF POST ROOM/No 106 PRC/COSFORD' cachet, minor blemishes. Lindsay Chitty states this is the only such item to Japan with a RAF redirection label. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3516
Symbol: PS
1945 (Aug 24) Fukuoka (Number 19) Prisoner of War Camp, Kyushu British 1½d red-brown POW Forces Letter to "Fukuoka Camp 19", posted at Eastbourne after Japan surrendered so no British censor but no return markings so apparently received by the POW just before he was repatriated. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3517
Symbol: PS
1945 (Aug 25) Osaka (Amagasaki) Prisoner of War Camp, Honshu British 1½d red-brown Forces Letter (aerogramme) to "Amagasaki Sub-Camp/Osaka" with full letter, pencilled "30.9.45" receival on the face. Posted after Japan surrendered so it's surprising that it was delivered to Japan. David Tett mentions Amagasaki only twice, with no details: it must have been a very small camp. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3518
Symbol: PS
1945 (Sep 2; the date of the formal Japanese Surrender at Tokyo Bay) Tokyo (Omori) Prisoner of War Camp, Honshu British 'blue triangle' aerogramme with letter headed "HMS Speaker/Sept 2nd 1945", to Yorkshire, the only postal marking being British 'POST/OFFICE - MARITIME/MAIL' machine in red, a few folds. The writer, formerly held at Omori, states: "... I have survived to see this day of World Peace ... I was released by American soldiers on 29th August, the first camp relieved in Japan ... there are hundreds of my friends with their health ruined and many more dead ... I can never think of the Japanese race again without hating the very sound of their name ... life in Japan has qualified me to be a first class thief ..." David Tett in Volume 6 at page 334 lists the ships that repatriated POWs from Japan & elsewhere. He states the 'Speaker' departed from Manila 4.10.1945, arriving Brisbane 17.10.1945. This letter indicates that at least some POWs were on the ship from Tokyo. (Image1)
