Lot 3164
Japan covers. 37 covers and cards in slipcases priced for retail, mostly turn of century commercial and commemorative items including postal cards, mixed frankings, better 1949 cacheted FDC's, 1919 French Militaire Francais, en Siberia handstamp on cover through Tokyo to San Francisco, seapost, etc., worth inspection.Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $575
Lot 3165 /o
Japan reference collection, 1868-76. Attractive collection with the possibility of a few genuine, focussing on the dragons, chrysanthemum, kiri trees and the goshawks, well over 50 dragons including multiples, mint and used, ranging from German reprints, Spiro forgeries and 'sankos', with various cancels including star cancels, town circular date stamps and other fancy cancels, chrysanthemum issues from 1872 inc 'Moso' 2 sen vermillion, Wadas, Spiros, 'sankos' again amongst one or two genuine, wag tails and goshawks, yet more sankos, thick and small letters, with fancy cancels, some 'belt' issues of 1875/76 inc a block of 4 6s brown, please inspect.Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Realized: $900
Lot 3166 o
Japan revenue collection. Mounted on album leaves, including 'documentary tax', 'private express delivery', 'judicatory', 'registered', 'medicine taxes', 'tobacco tax', 'telegrams' and general revenues, hardly any duplication, please inspect.Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized: $425
Lot 3167 /o
Japan collection, 1871-1926. Mint and used on album leaves, with 4-margin #1 unused and used #2, unused #6 (perf indentation) and used #7, nice range of chrysanthemums, belts, wagtails and goshawks, syllabics characters, 1876-83 definitives, 1888-92 issues and Chinese Japanese War complete of 1896, turn-of-the-century with better commemoratives, top value 'dove and olive branch' 1919 mint, various other issues including sporadic commemoratives and definitives, offices abroad, especially in China, etc.Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Realized: $1,800
Lot 3168 o
Japan reference collection, 1871-76. Mostly the 1872-73 and 1874-75 issues, section of Spiro forgeries of the 1871, 1872-56 issues, various platings with the ½ sen, similarly 1 sen blue and brown. The 4 sen rose, with syllabics, a range of 4 sen green and 2 sen yellow the same. Then further copies of 'belts', 'wagtails', kiri trees, kiri branches etc with all kinds of cancels ranging from concentric circles, rectangular 'chops', revenue cancels, sector cancels etc with different Syllabics, well over 200 copies, well worth inspection.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $675
Lot 3169 /o
Japan collection, 1871-1900. Mostly used on album pages, 1871 dragons as well as the subsequent 1872/73 definitive issues, including the laid and wove papers are all reference copies, changes from 1875 onwards, strong through to the turn of the century, some revenues, please inspect.Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $500
Lot 3170 /o
Japan collection, 1876-1979. Mint & used in Scott album, with complete used issues 1883 to 1915, 1921 Battleships complete mint, predominately mint after 1930 with Park and Lottery souvenir sheets, semi-postals, airmails mostly used, a useful collection.Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $850
Lot 3171
Japan cover lot, 1880-1968. Group of over 50 items including commercial mail, picture postcards and early postal cards etc. Includes 2 commercial covers with enclosed letters to Manchukuo as well as some attractive postcards with better franking, also early postal cards. Please inspect.Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $200
Lot 3172 /o
Japan collection, 1898-1940's. Mint & used on album pages, condition a little mixed with better items, including a nice mint 1916 10s Cap issue (cat $625), various definitives including offices, turn of the century commemoratives and later including 1927 UPU set (cat $111), Parks, 1949 Radio Tower souvenir sheet and other good items, worth a look.Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $1,600
Lot 3173 /o
Japan stock. In 6 stock books, mint sheet files, etc., mostly used from the 1950-80's with some nice cancellation material, with early stock including 1916 10s Heir Apparent unused (no gum) and a nice run of issues thereafter mint & used through to the 1960's, including Parks, sheet files with dozens and dozens of used full sheets mostly definitives from the 1950-70's, used block stock, etc., worth inspection.Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $1,150