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 cancels.
 
 

11Fusan: 3 Sen Foreign Mail Reply Postcard from Fusan (today Pusan, Korea) via Hong Kong to Sydney, Australia.    Stamps: 2 off 5 Rin Koban added for proper 4 Sen postage required for Australia Fusan I.J.P.&.T.O. Medium Single Circle: 5 SEP 98 Hong Kong transit mark: SEP 14 98 Sydney arrival marking: OCT 19 98

 

11Gensan:  Cover with 5 Sen UPU Koban from Gensan via Yokohama and San Francisco to Chicago.  Gensan I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle, sans-serif, in brown: 29 JAN 95 Yokohama Medium Single Circle: 13 FEB 95 (on back) San Francisco Paid All: MAR 2 1895 (on back)

 

11Gensan2:  4 Sen Foreign Mail Postcard from Gensan to Ontario, Canada Gensan I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle, sans-serif / round 0, in black: 19 AUG 04 Nagasaki transit: 27 AUG 04 This is a late usage of this Gensan marking.

 

11Mukpo:  8 Sen new Koban  Mukpo I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle in black: 9 JUL 98

 

11Ninsen:  2 off 10 Sen new Koban  Ninsen I.J.P.O Medium Single Circle: JUN 96

 

11Ninsen2:  Cover with 10 Sen new Koban from Ninsen via Yokohama and Nagasaki to Vladivostok  NINSEN I.J.P.O Medium Single Circle: 3 JAN 98 Yokohama Medium Single Circle: 9 JAN 98 Nagasaki domestic Maruichi in brown:

 

11Ninsen3:  Cover with 5 Sen UPU Koban from Ninsen via Kobe to New York  NINSEN I.J.P.O Medium Single Circle with Meiji year: 8 JAN 29 (1896) Kobe transit mark: 11 JAN 96 Little Fall arrival mark on back: FEB 5 This cover came up in the December 2000 Takahashi auction in Tokyo and nobody paid much attention to it. It is not a nice cover, but look at the year!  It is the first time that a cover from Ninsen with Meiji years in a Medium Single Circle cancellation has been found. Previously Meiji years in Medium Single Circles were known from the Japanese cities of Kobe, Nagasaki and Tokyo only. 1896 was the year 29 of the Meiji era. What a lucky find! I put it under my Christmas tree!

 

11Seoul: Cover with 3 off 10 Sen new Koban from Seoul to Bangkok, Siam  Seoul I.J.P.O. Medium Single Circle with asterisks in black: 5 SEP 96

 

11Seoul2:  Foreign Mail Postcard 2 Sen FC8 from Seoul to New Albany, Ind.  Seoul I.J.P.O Medium Single Circle with asterisks in brown: 8 SEP 97 Yokohama Medium Single Circle: 12 SEP 97 San Francisco: Sep 29, 1897 New Albany Rec'd