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Old Japanese Albumen Photo: Bell of Kammakura. app. 1885

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Old Japan Albumen Photo, Bell of Kammakura. app. 1885

Old Japan: Large albumen photo, depicting the famous Bell of Kamakura. Antique Japanese albumen Photo, tinted, thin paper, fixed on paper with small glue spots at he corners.

Size: 7.8 x 10,4 inches. Fine condition, app. 1885.

The bell from the Kamakura Hongaku-ji Temple, built in 1410, initially belonged to a temple from Chiba Prefecture, but one day, Nisshutsu, the chief priest from Hongaku-ji Temple, won a religious debate with the priests from Chiba and, as a prize, he received the bell.

More Japanese Albumen Photos at: HERE

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Japanese Occupation in Malaysia. Registered Mail

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Japanese Occupation in Malaysia. Registered Mail: Great cover with 7 surcharged stamps Japanese Occupation in Malaysia.

2 x 50 Cents, 2 x 1 Dollar, 3 x 2 Dollars. Mixed franking with stamps from Straits Settlement, Selangore, Johore. Japanese Censor-mark at the back side.

Syonan – arrival strike. Clean and fresh, very fine condition, ready for display.

Japanese Occupation in Malaysia Registered Mail
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More Malaysia Postal History: HERE

Japan: Ladies, personal Hygiene. Albumen Photo 1880. Stillfried

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Japan: Ladies, personal Hygiene. Albumen Photo 1880. Stillfried

Antique Japanese Photograph: 2 Japanese ladies, one cleaning her face, one puts her face on.

Albumen studio-photo, thin paper, fixed on paper with small glue spots at he corners.

5,2 x 3,4 inches, fine condition, app. 1885.
Photo by the Austrian Baron Raimund von Stillfried.

More antique Japanese Photos: HERE

Japanese Zeppelin Postcard from 1910 Embossed and Lithographed

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Embossed Japanese Zeppelin Postcard from 1910

old Japanese Zeppelin Postcard

 

Japan 1910: Lithographed, embossed vintage postcard with portraits of 3 highly decorated officers. Image of a Zeppelin airship beyond.

The postcard has been distributed in China, published in 43th year of Meiji era.

Unused, good condition.

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collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Postcard to Military Attaché in Tokyo, 1903

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Postcard to Military Attaché in Tokyo, 1903: “Vintage postcard sent to the Imperial & Royal Dragoon, Mr. Erwin Franz, at the Imperial Austrian-Hungarian Embassy in Tokyo.

In Japan a label has been attached “ Military Legate Austrian Hungarian Military Office “. 2 different Tokyo arrival marks. Fine condition, scarce.”

Postcard to Military Attaché in Tokyo
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Japanese Buddhists. Tinted Albumen Photo, 1880s. Stillfried

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Japanese Buddhists. Tinted Albumen Photo, 1880s. Stillfried

Antique Japan Photograph: 3 Japanese beating gongs and drum. One of them is carrying a tall stand on his back.

Albumen studio-photo, thin paper, fixed on paper with small glue spots at he corners.

5,5 x 3,5 inches, fine condition, app. 1885.
Photo probably by the Austrian Baron Raimund von Stillfried (?).

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Russo Japanese War Mocking Postcard, 1904

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Mocking Postcard from Russo Japanese War 1904

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Russian-Japanese War: Decorative mocking postcard with Russian and Japanese boats, naval battle with Russian marines winning.

Used as postcard in 1904, Prague cancellation.

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Korean vintage. Postcard with Ninsen Cancellation. Peddlar.

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Korean Water Pots Sellers. Postcard with Ninsen Cancellation.

Korean Water Post Sellers. Postcard with Ninsen Cancellation.

Old Korean postcard, depicting a seller of water pots. A huge wooden frame with huge water bowls on his back.
b/w postcard, bilingual text.

½ Sen stamp, tied by Ninsen (Chemulpo) Chosen 18. 7. 18 – cancellation.
Unused, fine condition.

More old Korean Postcards: HERE