1908. Cairo to Singapore. 4c. red pyramid stationary with straightline pink "Missent to Nagasaki, Japan" (***) and c.d.s. alongside. Fine and rare.

1932. Shimonoseki to Kouvola/Finland. Registered envelope franked. Phoenix 20s silver and gray green. (Sc. 193) and 3 sen vermilion x2 (Sc. 160) Meiji Shrine, all tied c.d.s.'s, via Kobe. Fine and scarce item.

1905. Kobe to New York, re-addressed. Registered envelope franked 1sen brown (x2), 3sn., 5sn. and 10sn. blue (Sc.93, 97, 100, 103), tied cds. Registration bilingual printed label alongside. Transits and arrival on front and reverse. V. nice multicolo

1922. Registered cover to LIBYA via London & Siracusa franked by 1914 2s,3s,5s,6s and 10s all tied by Kobe cds's with labels and transits on reverse of colourful cover to an extraordinary destination for Japanese mail. Scott 130,131,133,134,137.

1880 (March 21). Kobe to Charlotte / NC / USA (Apr. 7). Printed matter with contains. Franked single 1883 1 green (Sc. 72) tied small cds. Arrival on reverse. Very scarce single rate.

1948 (15 Jan.). JAPAN - CUBA. Nagoya to Havana (Feb. 25). 50r lake stationary cream card + 6 adhl imperf, tied cds's with arrival date cancel on reverse. Fine early post war very rare destination. VF.

1936 (11 Jan.). JAPAN - COSTA RICA. Sc. 218, etc. Nagoya / Nippon to San Jose. Registered franked multicolor envelope (8 stamps), tied cds with addressing mark + transit label Yokohame. Military ship stamp + extraordinary scarce colorful destination.

1906. Tokyo to Spain/Barcelona. PPC franked and taxed with many marks. Scarce destination. VF.

1934. French Troops in the Far East/Japan. PPC. Military franchise/special cachet addressed to France. V.F. And rare.

1912(Sept 8th). Postcard of Yokohama, stampless usage to France with manuscript ‘FM’ (Franchise Militaire) at top, blue circular cachet for Military franking privilege.

1915. W W I. Japanese Red Cross Contingent. Local usage +special mark. Very rare envelope.

1916. Vladivostock to Tokio. Franked env.Russian stamp cancelled TSURUGA, boxed paquebot. V.F.

1922. London to Osaka and "RETURN TO SENDER" + Japanese/ taxed. VF envelope.

1916. Yokohama to Switzerland. Registered commemorative stamps (5 stamps) . Via Siberia. Fine envelope.

1891. Kobe to USA. Franked 5 sen blue Kohan/env.small cds "Kobe/p & T.O." (***). Scarce and of good appeal.

1910. Yokohama to Findland. Registered franked 20 sen envelope/labels/transits. V.F.

1894. Yokohama to USA. Franked 9 sen (3st) env. VF.

1910. Cover from Kanda, Tokyo, Japan to UK franked by 10s blue, readdressed on arrival (March 18th) in Edinburgh to New York with 1902 GB ½d pale yellow green and 1d red tied by Edinburgh cds’s.

1912. RUSSIA-GERMANY-JAPAN. Nagasaki to Switzerland. Russian levant ovptd.stat card + Germania 10 pf. See post usage via Nagasaki on to destination. Very rare usage.

JAPAN-PHILIPPINES. 1908(Aug 29th). Cover to Manila, Philippines franked by Chrysanthemum 1s brown and strip of three 3s rose carmine tied by native Chofu, Yamaguchi cds’s in black. Kobe violet transit arrival (Sept 11th) on reverse of attractive cover.