pd1: : Cover with a pair of 10 Sen new and a single 5 Sen
UPU Koban stamp sent from London to Japan and onward to
Shanghai. This letter was sent without any postage stamps
to Japan, where double the normal rate was collected in the form
of the pair of 10 Sen stamps. The DUE stamp with the 20
added by hand confirms this. The addressee had already
left for Shanghai and a 5 Sen stamp was added to cover the postage to
China.
British markings: 34, Earls Court, London OCT 11 89 and the
London postage due mark. Japanese marks:
Due in circle This kind of due marking is not
mentioned in the ISJP Monograph 7 by John G. Bishop.
Yokohama Medium Circle with 4 figure year: 20 NOV 1889 -
arrival
Yokohama Medium Circle with 4 figure year: 26 NOV 1889 -
dispatch
Shanghai Small Single Circle with I.J.P.A at top: 3 DEC 1889
Japanese Fusoku cancellation on the 10 Sen stamps.
pd2: Foreign Mail Postcard 2 Sen, FC8, from Tokyo to Berlin,
Germany
Tokio Medium Single Circle: 7 FEB 96
TO on T - Tokyo Due Mark
pd3: Foreign Mail Postcard 3 Sen, FC9, from Kyoto to Halle, Germany.
On October 1st 1897 the postage for postcards to Europe was raised to
4 Sen.
Maruichi Kyoto in brown
Kioto Medium Single Circle: 18 NOV 97
Sa on T - Saikyo (Kyoto) Due Mark.
pd4: Cover with 10 Sen new Koban from Nagasaki to Shanghai. The
stamp was badly damaged and this is the most likely reason for
the postage due request. It is interesting, that both the
Nagasaki Mino (local mail due mark) and the postage due sign for
foreign mail - the NA on T - are applied. There is no foreign
mail cancellation on the cover, but it did reach Shanghai.
Maruichi Nagasaki in brown
NA on T - Nagasaki Due Mark
Nagasaki Mino Handstamp
Shanghai I.J.P.O Single Medium Circle: 18 MAR
TOO LATE
pd5: 2 Sen Foreign Mail Postcard from Otaru in Hokkaido to Germany.
The proper postage would have been 3 Sen.
Otaru, Shiribeshi domestic Maruichi in brown
Hakodate Medium Single Circle: 3 NOV 94 (early usage)
HA on T, Hakodate Postage Due Mark in red
Yokohama Medium Single Circle: 5 NOV 94
The HA on T in red!
These handstamps are normally in black. Even Mr. F. Eichhorn (German
expert on Japan) mentioned, that he never has seen or heard of such
a stamp in red. Maybe it is unique!
pd9: 2 Sen Foreign Mail Postcard from Hachiya to Berlin in Germany.
Yawata, Buzen domestic Maruichi in brown: 24. 12. 20
Kobe Medium Circle: 30 DEC 1891
KO on T, Kobe Postage Due Mark
Berlin delivery marking: 16/2.92
The card was addressed to
"a" book dealer in Berlin, capital of Germany. The Berlin post office did
indeed select a book dealer - name and address in green.
pd6: Foreign Mail Postcard 2 Sen (FC8) from Soochow to Milano, Italy
with 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.
pd7: Postcard with 4 Sen new Koban from Yokohama to
Darmstadt, Germany. Cards without postage imprints were not permitted
before Sept. 30, 1900.
Maruichi in brown
Yokohama Medium Single Circle: 23 OCT 98
CTMS on T in violet Arrival mark Darmstadt: 1. 12.
98
pd8: Domestic Mail Reply Postcard 1 Sen with 2 Sen UPU Koban
added, from Kobe to Braunschweig, Germany. A picture was attached on the
back, which required the same postage as a letter, that is 10 Sen.
CTMC on T in black
Kobe Medium Single Circle: 15 MAY 97
Yokohama Medium Single Circle: 16 MAY 97
Braunschweig arrival mark: 24. 6. 97 German stamp Porto
(postage)
