The Forerunner Foreign Post Offices in Japan, British - U.S.- French

Ishikawa, Ryohei

Published by Japan Philatelic Publications, Inc, Tokyo, 1976

About this Item

[A Key Philatelic Resource on US, British and French Post Offices Operating in Japan in the 1860s~1880s - Lavishly Illustrated in Color]. Printed by Kyodo Insatsu, 1976, large 8vo (7 1/4 x 9 in), red covers with gilt titles on front cover and spine, no dust jacket, numerous illustrations (most in color), 164 pp. The book is primarily in Japanese but the key illustrations have English descriptive titles. Accompanying the book is an 11 page English language pamphlet that discusses the early foreign post offices in Japan. The book presents philatelic material (covers and stamps) from Ishikawa's award winning philatelic collection of foreign mail and post offices (British, United States and France) operating in Japan from the 1860s through the 1880s. Numerous covers (franked envelopes) and canceled stamps are presented in color with descriptive titles. A key reference for this very rare material. The first cover pictured in the book is an official (Public Business) cover from Commodore Perry aboard the Susquehanna with a letter dated May 23, 1853. This letter would have been written while Perry was en route to Okinawa (arriving May 26) from China.

Seller Inventory # 1976041006

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Forerunner Foreign Post Offices in Japan, British - U.S.- French
• Publisher: Japan Philatelic Publications, Inc, Tokyo
• Publication Date: 1976
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • 19th Century Japan