U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 7-8, 2006

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #847
JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF CAROLINE ISLANDS
1914 stampless Naval Fieldpost letter with full contents, "No.6 Warship 3.10.24 (24 Oct.1914) departure pmk, red "Fieldpost" hs, with additional "on board 22 October" marking on back, addressed toTsujigawa, dist. Kanezaki, pref. Hyogo, with clear 26 Oct. 1914 arrival pmk. Warship No.6 operated from October to December 1914, with only a few examples of mail known. A great rarity from Colonial Japan, with Eichhorn cert.
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Price Realized
$4,250.00

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