In use from 1889 to 1894, 24 mm in diameter, known from Yokohama, Kobe,
Nagasaki, Tokio, Hakodate, Osaka, Kioto, Shanghai, Ninsen, Gensan and Fusan.
Cancels in black, brown, blue-black and violet have been found.
8yo1: Foreign Mail Postcard 3 Sen, 1879 issue (thin
paper), FC5, from Yokohama to Java (Indonesia)
Medium Circle Yokohama, 9. July 1891
N.I. Agent Singapore, 28. 7. 1891
Weltevreden, 31. 7. 1891
Receiver Buitenzorg, 2. 8. 1891
Hong Kong July 20. 1891 on backside
8yo2: Foreign Mail Postcard 3 Sen, reply part used as normal postcard,
1885 issue, FC7, from Kobe via Yokohama to Schwerin, Germany.
Medium Circle Yokohama, 20 May 1890
Small Single Circle Kobe P&T.O., 16 May 1890
Kobe
started to use the Medium Circle on Jan. 21,1890. So here we see a late
usage of the Kobe Small Single Circle in combination with a Medium
Circle.
8ko1: Letter with 10 Sen new Koban from Kobe via Yokohama to
Darmstadt, Germany.
Kobe Medium Circle, 16 NOV 1891
Yokohama Medium Circle, 18 NOV 1891
Receiver Darmstadt on backside
8ko2:Foreign Mail Postcard, 3 Sen, 1879 issue, FC5
Kobe Medium Circle, 14 SEP 1891
French Ship Cancellation: Ligne N. Paq.FR. No.5
8na1: 10 Sen New Koban
Nagasaki Medium Circle, 16 DEC 1891
8to1: Cover with 5 Sen UPU Koban, from Tokyo via Yokohama to New
York
Tokio Medium Circle, 23 OCT 1890
Yokohama Medium Circle, 23 OCT 1890
Receiver New York 11-16-90 on backside of cover
Remarks: I find the letters in the Yokohama Medium Circle smaller than
in other Medium circle cancellations, only about 2 mm in height
versus the normal 3 mm.
8to2: 2 Sen Foreign Mail Postcard FC4 from Tokyo to Colombus,
Ohio
Tokio Medium Circle: 5 MAR 1892
Yokohama Medium Single Circle: 9 MAR 1892
Remark: the Tokio
date is later than the latest recording by Bishop: 1892.2.10
8to3:Cover without stamp (Service des Postes) from Tokyo via
Yokohama to Berlin in Germany.
Tokio Medium Circle with M.O.O. in violet: 7 OCT 1893
Tokyo Meiji with large lettering in brown: 7 X 1893
Yokohama Meiji with serifs: 8 X 1893 on back
Berlin arrival marking: 10 11 93 on back.
Remark: I
have shown this M.O.O. marking (probably Money Order Office) to quite a
number of experts, dealers and auctioneers here in Japan - nobody had ever
seen this type of postmark before. So this cover with the M.O.O. can very
well be unique.
8to4: Cover with 10 Sen new Koban from Tokyo via Yokohama to
Berlin, Germany
Tokyo Medium Circle with serifs: 8 MAR 1890
Yokohama Medium Circle: 9 MAR 1890
Berlin arrival mark: 21. 4. 90
8ha1: 2 Sen UPU Koban
Hakodate Medium Circle: 14 JUN 1894
Remark:
This is an exceptional late use of this Medium Circle normally applied
from October 1891 to February 1892. The latest report of a Hakodate
Meiji stamp is from 1894. 5. 24 and the first of Medium Single
Circle with a 2 figure year is from 1994. 12. 29. It looks as if the old
Medium Circle with the 4 figure year was reused in the time between the
Meiji and the 2 figure year cancellation.
8ki1: Replycard FC6 from Kioto via Yokohama and San Francisco to
Exeter, N.H., USA. A late usage for this type of Kioto cancellation.
