11) Medium Single Circle with 2 figure year

A new cancel group very similar to the one shown under 8) but now with a 2 figure year was introduced in 1894 both in domestic and foreign post offices and was used until substituted by the Comb Type handstamp in 1905. Many varieties have been found and because of the numerous items I want to present I divide this section into domestic, Korean, Chinese and Seapost cancels.

Japan Proper


11Hakodate: Foreign Mail Postcard 3 Sen, FC9, from Hakodate to Wuerzburg, Germany 
  • Hakodate Medium Single Circle: 29 DEC 94 
This is a very early usage of the Hakodate Medium Single Circle.		 Hakodate Medium Single Circle

 
11Hakodate2:  Foreign Mail Postcard 4 Sen, FC12, from Yokohama to Treuen, Germany 
  • Hakodate Medium Single Circle in violet: 98
  • Yokohama Medium Single Circle: SEP 98
 Hakodate Medium Single Circle

 

11Kanawazawa: A pair of 20 Sen New Koban stamps on piece
  • Kanazawa  Medium Single Circle:  29 May 99
 11Kanazawa.jpg

 
11Kioto:  Domestic Mail Postcard 1 Sen, PC14, with additional 1894 Silver Wedding 2 Sen, from Kioto to Leipzig, Germany 
  • Kioto Medium Single Circle: 8 OCT 95
  • Yokohama Medium Single Circle: 9 OCT 95
  • Handstamp in red: Yokohama yuki (for Yokohama)
  • Arrival mark: 13 Nov. 1995
 Kioto Medium Single Circle

 
11Kioto2:  Foreign Mail Postcard 4 Sen, FC12, from Kioto to Kilmarnock, Scotland
  • Kioto Medium Single Circle in violet: 24 MAR 02
  • Yokohama Medium Single Circle: 25 MAR 02
  • Kilmarnock arrival mark: AP24 02
 Kioto Medium Single Circle in violet

 
11Kobe:  Cover with 2 off 5 Sen UPU Koban from Tokushima to Berlin, Germany 
  • Maruichi Awa/Tokushima, brown: 30. 7. 12
  • Kobe Medium Single Circle: 13. JUL 97
 Kobe Medium Single Circle

 
11Kobe2: Foreign Mail Postcard 4 Sen, FC12, from Kobe to Neuss, Germany 
  • Kobe Medium Single Circle in violet: 3 DEC 00
  • Arrival Neuss: 6. 1. 01
 Kobe Medium Single Circle

 
11Kobe3:  Stamped Envelope 2 Sen (84 x 132) SE16, from Kobe to Hof, Germany 
  • Kobe Medium Double Circle: 30 NOV 98
  • Arrival Hof: on back of cover
Remark: This Kobe cancellation surely does not belong into this section of Medium Single Circles, but I follow the arrangements made by Mr. John Gordon Bishop in his ISJP monograph 'The Roman Letter Postmarks of Japan'. This Double Circle is listed under XI-8a and I can confirm the dimensions listed: 26.5 outer and 24 mm inner circle. The date on the cover mentioned in the monograph is 18 NOV 98, mine is from 30 NOV 98. One difference I noticed: XI-8a is shown with a six point asterisks, mine has 8. 		 Kobe Medium Double Circle with 2 figure year:
Kobe Medium Double Circle

 
11Kobe4:  I do not want to bore visitors by showing similar items several times, but here I just could not help it with yet another of these funny Kobe Double Circles on a FC12 card to Singapore: 
  • Kobe Medium Double Circle: 22 DEC 98
  • Arrival mark Singapore: JA 6 99
This December marking shows, that this cancellation was in use for more than one month (Nov. 19 to Dec. 22 - see next).		 Kobe Medium Double Circle

 
11Kobe5:  and here I go again with another Kobe Double Circle on a registered cover from Kobe to Peine in Germany. Stamps: 2 off 20 Sen and 3 Sen and one each of 10 and 5 Sen new Koban issues.
  • Kobe Medium Double Circle with 2 figure year: 19 NOV 98
  • Yokohama Medium Single Circle with 2 figure year: 21 NOV 98 (backside)
  • Arrival marking Peine: 31. 12. 98 (backside)
 Kobe Medium Double Circle

 
11Kofu:  10 Sen new Koban 
    Kofu Medium Single Circle: 4 JUL 99
 Kofu Medium Single Circle

 
11Kumamoto: 1 Yen new Koban 
    Kumamoto Medium Single Circle: 1902
 Kumamoto Medium Single Circle

 
11Moji:  Foreign Mail Postcard 3 Sen green, FC9 

From Moji via Yokohama and London to Kiel in Germany

  • Moji Medium Single Circle in brown: 3 JUN 97
  • Kobe Medium Single Circle in black: 5 JUN 97
  • Yokohama Medium Single Circle in black: 7 JUN 97
  • London red transit mark: July 10 97
  • Kiel arrival mark: 11. 7. 97
 Moji Medium Single Circle

 
11Moji2:  Card with 4 Sen new Koban from Moji via Yokohama to Dollerup in Germany 
  • Moji Medium Single Circle in black: 30 NOV 01
  • Yokohama Medium Single Circle: 3 DEC 01
  • Arrival mark: 3. 1. 02
 Moji Medium Single Circle

 
11Moji3:  4 Sen new Koban 
  • Moji Medium Single Circle in violet: 28 SEP 02
 Moji Medium Single Circle

 
11Nagasaki:  Postcard with 4 Sen new Koban from Nagasaki to Scotland 
  • Nagasaki Medium Single Circle: 12 JAN 02
  • Yokohama Medium Single Circle in violet: 14 JAN 02
  • Arrival mark Dunfermline: FE 20 02
 Nagasaki Medium Single Circle

 
11Nagasaki2:  2 + 2 Sen Foreign Mail Reply Postcard FC8. 
  • Nagasaki Medium Single Circle in blue: 11 MAY 00
 Nagasaki Medium Single Circle

 
11NNagoya:  3 Sen new Koban
  • Nagoya Medium Single Circle: 6 NOV 98
In December 2000 I became the owner of this previously unknown Nagoya Medium Single Circle with Japan at the bottom. Up to now only Nagoya Medium Single Circle cancellations with I.J.P.O. were known.		 Nagoya Medium Single Circle

 
1Niigata:  4 Sen Foreign Mail Postcard FC12 from Niigata to Hong Kong. 
  • Niigata Medium Single Circle in black: 1 JAN 03
  • Yokohama Medium Single Circle in violet: 3 JAN 03
  • Victoria Hong Kong arrival mark on back: JA 16 03
 Niigata Medium Single Circle

 
11Oita:  1 Sen new Koaban 
  • Oit(a) Medium Single Circle: 2x DEC 98 (year at top)
Remark: In the addenda to the monograph 7 Mr. George A. Fisher, Jr. mentions the find of this Oita cancellation under XI-13a with the same date as on my example. Luckily I could find another one - shown next		 Oita Medium Single Circle

 
11Oita2:  50 Sen new Koban 
    Oit(a) Medium Single Circle: 28 DEC 98 (year at top)
 Oita Medium Single Circle

 
11Osaka:  3 Sen UPU Koban 
  • Osaka Medium Single Circle in black: 8 April 96
 Osaka Medium Single Circle

 
11Otaru:  Cover with 10 Sen new Koban from Otaru via Tokyo to London.
  • Otaru Medium Single Circle: 18  JUL 99
  • Tokio Medium Single Circle: 21  JUL 99
  • London reciever mark on backside
 Otaru Medium Single Circle

 
11Sannomiya:  Foreign Mail Postcard 4 Sen from Kobe to Erfurt, Germany 
  • Sannomiya Kobe Medium Single Circle: 18 OCT 05 (late usage)
  • Arrival mark Erfurt: 24 11 05
 Sannomiya Kobe Medium Single Circle

 
11Sapporo: 20 Sen new Koban
  • Sapporo Medium Single Circle: 29 April 99
This date is several months earlier than the oldest one reported by Bishop: 1899. 8. 9.		 Sapporo Medium Single Circle

 
11Sendai:  20 Sen new Koban 
  • Sendai Medium Single Circle: 16 JAN 00
 Sendai Medium Single Circle

 
11Shizuoka: 15 Sen new Koban
  • Shizuoka Medium Single Circle: 9 OCT
This cancellation is a recent new find and not yet listed in any catalogue. The year cannot be seen, it probably is from 1900.		 Shizuoka Medium Single Circle

 
11Tadotsu:  50 Sen new Koban 
  • Tadotsu I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle: 2 AUG 00
I became the proud owner of this only known example of the Tadotsu I.J.P.O. marking in 1998.		 Tadotsu I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle:

 
11Tokio:  Card with 4 Sen new Koban from Tokyo to Olmutz, Austria 
  • Maruni Tokyo (Amano type 126): 34 .7. 1
  • Tokio Medium Single Circle: 2 JUL 01
  • Arrival mark: 3/8/01
 Tokio Medium Single Circle

 
11Tokio2:  Foreign Mail Postcard from Tokyo to Leipzig, Germany 
  • Maruichi Musashi, Tokyo, Koishikawa in brown
  • Tokio Medium Single Circle but with large oval O: 18 NOV 98
  • Arrival mark Leipzig: 1. 1. 99
 Tokio Medium Single Circle

 
11Tokio3:  Pair of 10 Sen new Koban 
  • Tokio Medium Single Circle  in green: 19 MAR 00
 Tokio Medium Single Circle

 
11Tokio4:  Foreign Mail Postcard 2 Sen, FC8 with additional 2 Sen UPU Koban from Tokyo to Treuen, Germany 
  • Maruichi cancel
  • Tokio Medium Single Circle with I.J.P.O: 2 MAR 98
  • Arrival Treuen 4. 6. 98
 Tokio Medium Single Circle

 
11Tokio5: Foreign Mail Postcard 2 Sen, from Tokyo via Victoria (Canada) to Portland and forwarded to Long Beach, Wash. I show this card because of the reversed "N" in the Tokyo cancellation. 
  • Red Maruichi cancellation from Tokyo (very weak)
  • Tokio Medium Single Circle with I.J.P.O.: 14 JUN 97
  • Victoria transit: JU 29 97
  • Seattle transit: Jun 30 97
  • Arrival mark Portland: Jul 1
  • On the back there is part of Long Beach, Wash.: JUL 5, 1897
 Tokio Medium Single Circle

 
11Tokushima: 15 Sen new Koban. 

Another example of a Medium Circle not mentioned by John Gordon Bishop.

    Tokushima Medium Single Circle: 1 OCT 00
 Tokushima Medium Single Circle

 
11Tsuruga:  Postcard with 4 Sen new UPU Koban from Tsuruga via Kobe to Bordeaux in France 
  • Tsuruga Medium Single Circle in violet: 13. Aug 02
  • Kobe Medium Single Circle: 14 Aug 02

    • Arrival mark Bordeaux
 Tsuruga Medium Single Circle

 
11Yamaguchi: 1 Sen new Koban 
    (Yam)aguchi Medium Single Circle: 25 NOV 00 (year at top). Yamaguchi is not mentioned in the ISJP monograph.
 Yamaguchi Medium Single Circle

 
11Yokohama:  Foreign Mail Reply Postcard 3 + 3 Sen, FC11 from Yokohama to Apolda in Germany 
  • Yokohama Medium Single Circle: 7 DEC 94
 Yokohama Medium Single Circle

 
11Yokohama2:  Postcard with a pair of 1 Sen UPU Koban from Yokohama to Wien, Austria 
  • Yokohama Medium Single Circle in violet: 13 DEC 01
  • Pola (former Austrian Navy Harbor) transit: 15. 3. 02.
 Yokohama Medium Single Circle

 
11Yokohama3:  Foreign Mail Postcard FC12 from Kobe to Dresden, Germany 
  • Kobe Medium Single Circle: 29 MAR 99
  • Yokohama Medium Double Circle with 2 figure year: 22 MAR 99
  • Arrival mark Dresden: 21. 4
 Yokohama Medium Double Circle

 
11Yokohama4:  4 Sen Foreign Mail Postcard FC12 from Kobe to Hamburg. 
  • Kobe Medium Double Circle with 2 figure year: 31 DEC 98
  • Yokohama Medium Double Circle with 2 figure year: 2 JAN 99
Remark: A rare item showing both of the two unusual Medium Double Circle markings known (Kobe and Yokohama) on one card.
Yokohama Medium Double Circle
Medium Single Circle Cancellations but with Meiji Year
11Meiji3 10 Sen new Koban
  • Tokyo Medium Single Circle with Meiji Year: 14 DEC 27 (1894)
 Tokyo Medium Single Circle with Meiji year

 

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