Category Archives: Yokohama

dated  OCT 1934, sent from S.S.”EMPRESS OF RUSSIA”

exhibited by  Capt. Schulz

late usage

exhibited by  Capt. Schulz

exhibited by  Capt. Schulz

dated  23.06.1906

Collection  Isamu Tanabe

Collection  Isamu Tanabe

Collection  Isamu Tanabe

Tied by Yokohama, Japan circular datestamp and “PAQUEBOT” framed handstamp on 2c Green entire from San Francisco to Nagasaki, sender’s directive “Per Stmr ‘City of Rio de Janeiro'”, brown circular datestamp, label affixed over stamps indicates delay due to “Overcarriage on to Shanghai through neglegince [sic] of the str. Rio”, applied by the Post and Telegraph Office at Nagasaki, label and back of cover with same “Nagasaki Japan 18 Dec. 96” (1896) circular datestamp, most of backflap removed, otherwise Very Fine, extremely rare postal label explaining mail was accidentally carried beyond Japan by the “CITY OF  RIO DE JANEIRO” on its westbound run.

sold at 1291st Robert A. Siegel-Auction July 2023 as Lot # 262 for 600 USD

dated  1913

exhibited by Capt. Schulz