Ship2: Postcard FC4 from Shanghai per Saiku Maru to Nagasaki and then on to Osaka.  Nagasaki SHIP in brown  Nagasaki domestic Maruichi in brown: 24.01.04 (January 24, 1891)  Osaka domestic Maruichi in brown: 24. 01. 07

 

Ship3: Postcard FC4 from Shanghai to Osaka with entry into Japan in Kobe.  Kobe SHIP  in black  Kobe Small Single Circle: 4 JUL 1886  Domestic Osaka N3B3: 19 7 4 (July 4 1886)  Remark: Entry and exit ports for mail  were mainly Yokohama and Nagasaki. The Kobe SHIP mark is seldom seen.

 

Ship4: Postcard FC4 from Shanghai via Nagasaki and Kobe to Egashira, Omi.  SHIP Shanghai Senchushu (collected on board of ship in Shanghai) in brown  Nagasaki Small Single Circle in brown as obliterator: 12 AUG 1888  Nagasaki Small Single Circle in brown as arrival mark: 12 AUG 1888  Kobe Small Single Circle with POST as transit mark: 14 AUG 1889 (has to be 1888)  Egashira, Omi domestic Maruichi arrival mark: 21. 08. 15 (21. 8. 1888)

 

Ship5: Postcard FC4 from Shanghai to Nagasaki (Saikyo Maru) and in to Osaka.  SHIP Shanghai Senchushu (collected on board of ship in Shanghai) in black  Nagasaki Medium Circle: 16 JUN 1890 in black (obliterator)  Nagasaki Medium Circle: 16 JUN 1890 ib black (arrival mark)  Osaka, Settsu domestic Maruichi in brown: 23. 06. 18 (23. 6. 1890, arrival marking)

 

Ship6: Postcard FC4 from Nagasaki to New York  Nagasaki Meiji: 26 VI 1892  NA SHIP  Yokohama Meiji: 29 VI 1892  Arrival mark New York

 

Ship11: 1 Sen Postcard PC14 sent to Shanghai instead of Kyoto.  PAQUEBOT  Shanghai Medium Single Circle with 2 figure year: 6 Apr 98 (arrival)  Shanghai Medium Single Circle with 2 figure year: 8 Apr 98 (return to Japan)  MISSENT TO Shanghai  Kyoto domestic Maruichi arrival marking

Ship7: : Foreign Mail Postcard 3 Sen, FC5, from Tokyo to Suez    Maruichi Tokyo Shibaguchi in brown: 25 7 27  Tokyo Meiji: 27 VII 1892  Yokohama Meiji: 30 VII 1892  LIGNE N PAQ FR. No 10: 31 JUIL 92  Arrival marking: Suez 5 IX 92

 

Ship8:  5 Sen UPU Koban  LIGNE N PAQ No 5: 19 JANV 92

 

Ship 9:  Cover with 2 Sen UPU Koban and a 10 Sen new Koban from Yokohama via Hong Kong to Marseille, France - probably via Brindisi, but there is no transit marking. This routing required a postage of 12 Sen instead of the 10 Sen for mail via America. I show this cover because of the rare French Line marking in red color.  Yokohama Medium Single Circle with 4 figure year: 16 Aug 1890  Ligne N Paq Fr No. 9  in red: 17 AOUT 90

Ship10:  Cover from Tokyo to Stockholm with 4 off 1 Sen UPU Koban and 2 off 3 Sen new Koban stamps. The cover is shown for: Ligne Paq FR No. 7  in round format: 30 Mars 98 (30.03.1898)