Japan / United States Post Office 1872 Cover to France envelope written from the IKUNO SILVER MINE in the Province of TAJIMA bearing USA Scott 146, 2c brown, Scott 148, 6c carmine and Scott 151, 12c dull violet cancelled by cork cancel with adjacent United States Post Office datestamp of YOKOHAMA Japan, handstruck PD in red, cover routed via San Francisco and New York with London Paid CDS, French entry cachet and St. Etienne arrival on reverse. A superb 3 colour franking from the Paul Ozier correspndence, a French mining engineer at the St. Etienne School who worked in the YAMAGANO MINE, SATSUMA from 1877. (pt)
	Japan French Post Offices 1868 "STRIP OF 3" 4c grey French Napoleon Yvert 27, tied by gros chiffres 5118 of the French Bureau in Yokohama with adjacent YOKOHAMA B. au Francais 14/4/68 datestamp. This is a scarce stamp used at a Foreign Post Office and Matsumoto DOES NOT RECORD this stamp used in 1868 with only a few known from other years. (pt)
	Brazil 1916 Reply Card USED FROM JAPAN. 50 Reis (grey) postcard upgraded with SG263, 50 reis green tied by "Tokyo Japan " datestamp endorsed via NEW YORK with native instructional addressed to TOKYO. Most unusual. (pt)
	Japan PO's in China Hankow IJPO 1902 PPC to Belgium Picture Postcard bearing SG9, 4 sen rosine tied by Hankow I.J.P.O. datestamp in violet routed via the Japanese Post Office Shanghai to Yokohama with Brussels arrival. Superb. (pt)
	Japan 1906 Registered 4c Purple PSC upgraded to France Postal Stationery Card upgraded with KOBAN SG119, 8 sen violet, Chrysanthemum SG132, 5r slate, SG135, 1 1/2 sen pale blue and SG152, 3 sen red tied by YOKOHAMA CDS in violet with matching registered label sent on the steamer Empress of India to France with Annecy arrival. Very attractive exhibition item. (pt)