1900 (Tientsin) registered cover franked with six overprinted Japanese Offices in China adhesives (a stamp at lower right is missing and has been replaced by 8sen which does not belong), canceled by Tientsin I.J.P.O 7 October 1900 cds, addressed to Germany, with the very scarce Registry label overprinted "I.J.P.O. Tientsin", Moji and Yokoyama (27 Oct) transit pmks, Erfurt (29.11.00) arrival pmks, minor faults, rare (Image)

Est.US$250

1901 (Shanhaiguan) 3sen stationery lettersheet additionally franked with Japanese Offices in China 2s green, tied by Shanhaiguan I.J.P.O. 19 Jan 1902 cds, addressed to a German Sergeant in Tangshan, red censor chop, diagonal crease, otherwise fine. Also a cover from Shanhaiguan (11 Mar 1901) to Tokyo, with arrival pmk on back (Image)

Est.US$300

1901 (4 March) Japanese 1 1/2sen stationery card with additional 2sen and 5sen (Japanese Offices in China) franking, tied by Peking (English text) pmks, endorsed "Feldpost" and sent to Germany, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1901 (1 March) China 1c stationery card, additionally franked with Japanese (Post Offices in China) franking, used in combination with China 2c CIP (2), tied by Japanese text pmks (intended for use on mail to Japan), with oval "Peking" datestamp and German K.D.Feld-Poststation No.2 cds, sent to Germany, with Gera (12.5.01) arrival (Image)

Est.US$150

1901 (Taku) 4sen postal card, used with Japanese Offices in China 15s lilac, canceled TAKU I.J.P.O. (10 Jan 1901), with stamps of Russian and German Offices in China in combination with CIP Coiling Dragon 2c red with a Tientsin cancel, v.f. A scarce, albeit philatelic example of the Taku I.J.P.O. cancel (this post office was open only until January 11, 1901) (Image)

Est.US$500

1901 (Tientsin) 4sen postal stationery card additionally franked with Chinese Offices in China 20s carmine, canceled Tientsin I.J.P.O. (23 Apr 01), addressed to Germany, with Aschaffenburg arrival cds on front. Also included is a free frank military mail envelope with "Tientsin 16 Oct 1901" pmk ("OCT" reversed), with red "Gunji Yubin" (military mail) docketing (Image)

Est.US$500

1901 (Tongku) 1 1/2sen stationery postal card sent from Tongku I.J.P.O. to Japan, also a registered picture postcard to Germany, franked with four Japanese Offices in China overprinted adhesives, tied by Tongku I.J.P.O. 19 Sep 1901 departure cds, additional stamps added alongside, canceled by Moji 23 Sep 1901 transits, with two Registry labels on the picture side, one Japanese, the other English language "Moji, Japan", Trisedorf (Bavaria) 27 Oct. 01 arrival (Image)

Est.US$250

1901 (Tungchow) 3sen stationery lettersheet to Germany, franked with six different Japanese Offices in China adhesives, including 1sen carmine, tied by Tungchow 26 Feb 1901 departure cds, Registry label with name filled in by hand added at top, Frankfurt 12.4.01 arrival pmk on back, fine, extremely rare example of registered mail from the Japanese Post Office in Yungchow (which operated for less than one year) (Image)

Est.US$500

1901 (Yangtsun) two different stationery post cards to Germany, each with Yangtsun I.J.P.O. (14 Jan and 2 Apr 1901) departure pmks, the latter with German military "Ostasiatischen Expeditionscorps" Fieldpost markings, Frienwalde and Breiholz arrival pmks, fine (the Yangtsun I.J.P.O. operated as a suboffice of Tientsin from 10 Sep 1900 to 17 July 1901) (Image)

Est.US$300

1900 (21 Oct) cover from Hongo branch post office in Tokyo franked with 1sen and 2sen adhesives, tied by departure pmks, addressed to a sailor on HIJMS "Takasago" in China, small adhesion (possibly part of a removed directional label) adhering to one of the stamps, otherwise fine, exceedingly scarce example of the Japanese Naval mail during the Boxer period (the "Takasago", a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy supported Japanese naval landing forces at Tianjin, as part of the Eight-Nation Alliance and was later stationed at Chefoo, Shanhaiguan and Taku for the duration of the Boxer War. Several years later, the Takasago struck a mine off Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese war and sunk on December 13, 1904) (Image)

Est.US$500