REST OF THE WORLD, JAPAN

Lot 710		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $200 1871-74 range of Engraved issues, occasional genuine examples, most being forgeries, mixed condition, few unused (111)
Lot 711		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $900 1876-1937 range of definitives on stocksheets from "Koban" issues, nice array of postmarks including Bota, Foreign Mails, Earthquake, perfins, etc, mixed condition (100's)
Lot 712		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $60 "Koban" series selection of forgeries including 6s and 45s (12)
Lot 713		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $160 1876 "Koban" series, various perfs 5s, 6s, 8s, 10s and 15s, mixed condition, large/part o.g. (5)
Lot 714		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $160 1876-86 "Koban" perf 9-10 30s Dull Mauve
Lot 715		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1894 Emperor's Silver Wedding set, fresh unmounted (2). JSDA Cat ¥38,000
Lot 716		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $120 1899-1908 "Chrysanthemum" series 1½s both colours, 2s and 5¥, later small thin and small adherence
Lot 717		Estimate: $1,200 Realised Price : $950 1899-1908 Definitive, Empress Jingu 5¥ Green and 10¥ Violet, odd blunt perf (2). JSDA ¥500,000
Lot 718		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $120 1914-26 "Taisho" series with values to 50s, 1922 Mt Fuji set of 3 and 1927 3s, 1926 to 10s with additional 6s and 10s, mixed condition (16)
Lot 719		Estimate: $500 1916 Heir Apparent set, the 1½s thin spot and 10s one blunt perf at top (3)
Lot 720		Estimate: $500 1916 Heir Apparent set, the 10s with few blunt perfs at top (3)
Lot 721		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1916 Heir Apparent 10s Blue 'Mihon' (Specimen) overprint hinged, fresh and rare
Lot 722		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1919 Air, Toyko - Osaka Service, 1½s and 3s, later with short corner perf (2). 1981 RPSL Certificates
Lot 723		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $130 1921 Japanese Post Anniversary set, minor toning (4)
Lot 724		Estimate: $200 1921 Japanese Post Anniversary 10s Deep Blue
Lot 725		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $160 1923 Earthquake emergency issue set to 20s, no gum as issued (9). Cat ¥47,800
Lot 726		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $360 1924 Empress Jingu 5¥ and 10¥ (2). JSDA Cat ¥160,000
Lot 727		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $95 1927 U.P.U. 50th Anniversary set (4). JSDA Cat ¥59,200
Lot 728		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 1929-34 Air set to 33s, the 9½s with gum crease (5)
Lot 729		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $500 1934 Air, Communications Day Mini Sheet, folded along top perfs. Cat ¥350,000
Lot 730		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $420 1935 New Year's Greeting sheet of 20, odd bend, hinged in margins only. Cat ¥180,000
Lot 731		Estimate: $175 Realised Price : $140 1936 Kwantung Occupation set, 10s with minor toning (3)
Lot 732		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1936 Kwantung 10s Grey-Green, tone spots
Lot 733		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $125 1937-38, 1937-40 and 1942-45 Definitives range, values to 10¥, few unmounted (few 100)
Lot 734		Estimate: $650 Realised Price : $575 1937-38 Definitives, Empress Jingu 5¥ and 10¥ (2). JSDA Cat ¥240,000
Lot 735		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1939-50 Miniature Sheets for National Parks, 1939 Aso, 1941 Daiton, Tsugitaka; Exhibitions 1947 Sapporo, 1948 Osaka, Communications, 1950 24¥ Temple, odd stain (7). JSDA Cat ¥120,000
Lot 736		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $240 1942-45 & 1945-48 10s Grey SG 400 (60) & SG 417 imperf (57), incl blocks (117). Cat £1020
Lot 737		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $210 1945-52 Definitives range with imperf and perf issues, values to 10¥ mint or 100¥ used, etc, some unmounted (approx 275)
Lot 738		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $95 1946-47 Wmkd defins perf 13x13½ 50¥ Noh Mask and 100¥ Plum Tree. JSDA Cat ¥35,000
Lot 739		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1947 Tokyo Philatelic Exhibition Miniature Sheet, few marginal blemishes
Lot 740		Estimate: $250 1947-55 Athletic Meetings, 2nd to 10th setenant blocks or pairs, minor toning in places (24)
Lot 741		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $320 1948-50 Sheetlet collection comprising 1948 Afforestation, Education, Horse Racing, Alcohol Monopoly, 1949 Trade Fair, Observatory, Communications and 1954 Wrestling, odd bend (8 sheetlets). JSDA Cat ¥136,000
Lot 742		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $550 1948-52 Definitives Wmkd 2¥ to 500¥, the latter very faint trace of mount, others fresh unmounted mint (12). JSDA Cat ¥212,750
Lot 743		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1948-52 Wmkd Definitive 100¥ Blast Furnace, fresh unmounted. JSDA Cat ¥95,000
Lot 744		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $750 1950-52 "Showa" Definitives, No Wmk with noughts after value, 80s to 500¥ (17). JSDA Cat ¥308,050
Lot 745		Estimate: $50 1948 5¥ Brown Philatelic Week, fresh
Lot 746		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $250 1948 5¥ Brown Philatelic Week sheet of five, hinged in margins only
Lot 747		Estimate: $200 1948 5¥ Brown Philatelic Week sheet of five, some toning
Lot 748		Estimate: $200 1948 5¥ Brown Philatelic Week sheet of five, some creasing, hinged at left, stamps unmounted
Lot 749		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $230 1948 5¥ Brown Philatelic Week sheet of five
Lot 750		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $46 1949 10¥ Exhibitions for Matsuyama, Okayama and Takamatsu.
Lot 751		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $200 1949 Children's Exhibition Miniature Sheet, odd bend, fresh unmounted
Lot 752		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1949 8¥ Violet Postal Week sheet of five
Lot 753		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $320 1949 8¥ Violet Postal Week sheet of five, hinged in margins only
Lot 754		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $280 1949 8¥ Violet Postal Week sheet of five, hinged in margins only, minor bends
Lot 755		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $320 1949 8¥ Violet Postal Week sheet of five, one unit stained
Lot 756		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $160 1949-52 Cultural Leaders set of 18 unmounted, plus redrawn 8¥ Noguchi mounted (19)
Lot 757		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $200 1950-51 Airs, Pheasant set to 144¥ both mint and used (10)
Lot 758		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1950-70 New Year's Greetings Mini Sheets complete (no 1953 issues), odd bend (19 M/S)
Lot 759		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $130 1950 (Tiger) New Year's Greeting Miniature Sheet, usual even toning
Lot 760		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $46 1950-51 Definitives Miniature Sheets, 14¥ and 24¥, even toning
Lot 761		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 1950-51 Definitives Miniature Sheet 14¥ Castle 'Mihon' (Specimen) overprint, even toning
Lot 762		Estimate: $250 1950-51 Definitives Miniature Sheet 50¥ Buddha 'Mihon' (Specimen) overprint, mounted. Very rare
Lot 763		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1951 Tourist Promotion, the six different sets (12). JSDA Cat ¥46,400
Lot 764		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $280 1951-52 Airs with noughts to 160¥, both mint (no 25¥) and used (21)
Lot 765		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $120 1952-68 Definitives to 500¥ (18). JSDA Cat ¥49,680
Lot 766		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $60 1952-68 Definitives 100¥ and 500¥ (2)
Lot 767		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $110 1954 Philatelic Week 10¥ Miniature Sheet containing 10¥ (10) + 2 labels
Lot 768		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1954 Philatelic Week 10¥ Miniature Sheet containing 10¥ (10) + 2 labels, tiny marginal fault
Lot 769		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1955 10¥ Philatelic Week sheetlet of 10, fresh. Cat ¥30,000
Lot 770		Estimate: $80 1955 10¥ Philatelic Week sheetlet of 10, minor marginal blemishes, one unit small stain. JSDA Cat ¥30,000
Lot 771		Estimate: $60 1955 10¥ Philatelic Week sheetlet of 10, marginal blemishes and folded. JSDA Cat ¥30,000
Lot 772		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $95 1956 and 1957 Philatelic Week sheets of ten (20)
Lot 773		Estimate: $100 1956 and 1957 Philatelic Week sheets of ten, slight toning (20)
Lot 774		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $200 1966-81 range on hagners, largely commemorative issues, duplication in places, few used, mostly unmounted mint (100's)
Lot 775		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $105 'Back-of-the-book' small selection incl 3s Military Frank (2), Telegraph and Revenue stamps, few Post Offices in China to 1¥ and Korea to 50s, these probably forged (79)
Lot 776		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $250 Post Offices in China: 1900-19 selection of issues with values to 5¥ Green, few early oddments mint, mostly used with possible cancellation interest, mixed condition (56)
Lot 777		Estimate: $200T Postal Stationery: 1892 3s Postal card used to London, Kobe (31.12.1894) and octagonal 'LIGNE N/PAQ. FR. No.3' transit datestamps
Lot 778		Estimate: $500 Official Commemorative Postal Cards: 1902 25th Anniversary of Japan joining the UPU, complete set of six different cards (H&G CC1-CC6), three with PO's in China adhesives cancelled by 'SHANGHAI/I.J.P.O' datestamps alongside. Very rare set used
Lot 779		Estimate: $150 Official Commemorative Postal Cards: 1902 25th Anniversary of Japan joining the UPU, card in carmine-pink depicting UPU headquarters in Berne and Japanese General Bureau (H&G CC2) bearing PO's in China ½s tied by commemorative cancel with 'SHANGHAI/I.J.P.O' cds alongside, minor staining
Lot 780		Estimate: $150 Official Commemorative Postal Cards: 1902 25th Anniversary of Japan joining the UPU, card in grey depicting Imperial Palace and Kuson Statue (H&G CC3) bearing PO's in China ½s tied by commemorative cancel with 'SHANGHAI/I.J.P.O' cds alongside, minor staining
Lot 781		Estimate: $150 1899 (25 May) inwards use of Canada 2c Blue Postal Card to Shigaken, cancels of Sapperton, Vancouver and Yokohama. Attractive
Lot 782		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $150 1934 (8 Oct) reg'd cover (slight stain) Yokohama to Australia per S.S. "Yaye Maru" with scarce franking of 1934 Red Cross 10s (2), 3s (2) and 6s, backstamped Melbourne
Lot 783		Estimate: $300T 1935 (10 Sep) cover bearing Japan ½s Definitive and 9½s Air tied by coloured pictorial datestamp, flown from Kyoto to 'Bhora Bazar, Aden-Camp./Arabia', transit and arrival backstamps. Exotic destination
Lot 784		Estimate: $150T 1945 cover to Victoria bearing KGVI 3d tied by 'TOKYO BAY/JAPAN' cds, black cachets 'H.M.A.S. 'SHROPSHIRE'/Official Signing Of/ Japanese Surrender.' and 'H.M.A./SHIPS'