Medium Single Circle with 2 figure year / KOBAN Collection / EXPONET

11) Medium Single Circle with 2 figure year

A new cancel group very similar to the one shown under 8) but now with a 2 figure year was introduced in 1894 both in domestic and foreign post offices and was used until substituted by the Comb Type handstamp in 1905. Many varieties have been found and because of the numerous items I want to present I divide this section into domestic, Korean, Chinese and Seapost cancels.

Overseas Offices - China

11Amoy: Stamped Envelope 2 Sen (74 x 132), SE 16 used within Amoy

AMOY I.J.P.O Medium Single Circle in violet: 2 JUL 01
Black handstamp: unidentified

11Cheefoo: Foreign Mail Postcard 2 Sen, FC8, with 2 off 5 Rin new Koban from Cheefoo to Karlsruhe, Germany

CHEEFOO I.J.P.O Medium Single Circle: 11 APR 96
Yokohama Medium Single Circle: 21 APR 96
London transit in red: MAY 27 96
Arrival Karlsruhe: 28. 5. 96
This marking has 2 letters "e" in Cheefoo.

11Chefoo: 15 Sen new Koban on piece

CHEFOO I.J.P.O Medium Single Circle in black: 6 Aug 97
Note the difference from above: only one "e" in Chefoo!

11Chefoo2: Cover with 10 Sen new Koban

CHEFOO I.J.P.O Medium Single Circle in violet: 14 APR 98
Japan transit and UK arrival mark on the back of the cover.
The sender had great trust in the postal system. He assumed that English postal clerks read Japanese. Who was so kind and provided the translation on the stub glued on? CHEFOO I.J.P.O Medium Single Circle

11Foochow: 1 Sen UPU Koban strip of 3 stamps on piece
FOOCHOW I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle: 12 DEC 03

11Hanchow: Japan domestic postcard 1 Sen type PC14 with Chinese 1 Fen stamp added, from Hangchow via Shanghai to Wuchow

HANCHOW I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle: 7 FEB 00
Chinese Hangchow cancellation on Chinese stamp: 7 FEB 00
Transit mark Shanghai: 9 FEB 00
Arrival mark Wuchow: 14 FEB 00 (on back)

11Hankow: Registered 4 Sen Foreign Mail Postcard with a pair of 5 Sen Chrysanthemum stamps with overprint for use in China (OC10) from Hankow via Shanghai and Yokohama to Brussel, Belgium

HANKOW I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle: 18 AUG 00
Shanghai I.J.P.O.: 21 AUG 00
Yokohama: 27 AUG 00 (on back)
Received: 28 SEP 00 (on back)
Hankow I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle

11Peking: Foreign Mail Postcard FC12 from Peiking to Hamburg, Germany

PEKING I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle in black: 10 MAR 01

11Shanghai: Foreign Mail Postcard FC8 from Cheefoo by domestic mail to Shanghai, transfer from local to Shanghai Japanese Post Office and via Yokohama to New York.

Domestic Cheefoo in brown: Sep 24
Cheefoo "PAID" in brown
Shanghai Local Post in red: Sep 26
SHANGHAI I.J.P.O Medium Single Circle: 29 SEP 99
Yokohama Medium Single Circle: 4 OCT 96
Arrival New York: 10-26-96

11Soochow: Foreign Mail Postcard 2 Sen (FC8) from Soochow to Milano, Italy with an Italian 10 c postage due stamp added.

SOOCHOW I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle: 22 Mar 97
SO on T - Soochow Postage Due Mark
Shanghai I.J.P.O.: 23 Mar 97
Yokohama Medium Single Circle: 30 Mar 97
Arrival mark Milano
Remark: The SO on T could be a new discovery. At least I have never heard of it before making this find.

Soochow I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle:

11Swatow: 4 Sen new Koban

SWATOW I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle: 21 MAR ??
This cancellation has a 5 point star of normal size. Bishop only listed this marking with asterisks.
It is a shame that the year is unclear.

11Tientsin: Foreign Mail Reply Postcard with the reply part attached, FC13, from Tientsin via Shanghai and Hong Kong to Belgium. A 3 Sen and a 20 Sen stamp with China overprints were added unnecessarily.

TIENTSIN I.J.P.A. Medium Single Circle with asterisks in violet: 28 MAY 04
Shanghai I.J.P.O.: 3 JUN 04
Hong Kong transit on back
Bruxelles arrive mark on front
TIENTSIN I.J.P.A. Medium Single Circle

11Tientsin2: Cover, registered mail, from Tientsin to Oberhain near Koenigssee (forwarded to Berlin), Germany, with one each of 1 and 5 Sen UPU plus a 20 Sen new Koban and a complete set of 4 of Sino-Japanese War commemorative issue.

TIENTSIN I.J.P.O Medium Single Circle with asterisks: 27 SEP 96
Shanghai I.J.P.O Medium Single Circle: 2 OCT 96
Yokohama Medium Single Circle: 6 OCT 96
Arrival Koenigssee: 13. 11. 96

11Tientsin3: Cover with 2 each 5 Rin new and 2 Sen UPU Koban stamps from Sendai to Tientsin

Maruichi Rikuzen / Sendai: 29. 1. 5.
Tokio Medium Single Circle 6. JAN 96 (on back)
TIENTSIN I.J.P.O Medium Single Circle with asterisks: 08 JAN 96
Bishop lists 1896. 8. 1. as the earliest known.

11Tientsin4: Foreign Mail Postcard 4 Sen, FC12, from Tientsin via Shanghai and Yokohama to Moscow.

TIENTSIN I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle with asterisks in violet: 25 JUN 98
Shanghai I.J.P.O Medium Single Circle: 30 JUN 98
Yokohama Medium Single Circle: 7 JUL 98
Arrival Moscow: 20 VII 1898
Remark: the Russian postal clerk noted his mistake in the upper left mark, corrected it and stamped once more in the lower right corner - the date was upside down. Tientsin I.J.P.O Medium Single Circle

11Tongku: 4 Sen Foreign Mail Postcard from Tongku to Weingarten in Germany.
TONGKU I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle: 12 JUN 01

11Tungchow: 4 Sen Foreign Mail Card FC12 from Tungchow to Bensberg

TUNGCHOW I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle: 23 JAN 01
Arrival Bensberg: 22. 3. 01

11Yangtsun: 4 Sen Foreign Mail Postcard from Yangtsun to Hagenau in Germany.
Stamps: unnecessarily added 5 and 11/2 Sen Chrysanthemum with overprint for Chinese offices.

YANGTSUN I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle: 2. 12. 00