Japan – Page 2 – Global Postcard Sales

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Mt. Fuji, aerial view
Card issued probably in 1970s by Japan Air Lines. Never mailed, clean front but aging reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 20311042
Price: $4.00
Kyoto, Kiyomizu Temple
Beautiful snow scene. Unmailed, undamaged card from 1970s. Grade: 1

Code: 20311043
Price: $3.50
Mt. Fuji and Lake Ashi from Mt. Taikan
Oversized (4-4/8″ x 6-5/8″) card from 1970s, unused and significantly mottled on reverse, with minor edge abrasions. What will Fuji-san look like when the snow melts? Grade: 3

Code: 20311045
Price: $4.50
Katase Spa, Izu National Park
This Sato postcard was mailed in 1983, and has three stamps and legible postmarks. Just a small bit of corner creasing. Grade: 2

Code: 20311046
Price: $4.00
Statue of Liberty
Not what it seems! This is an old card from Japan, with (untranslated) caption on bottom front. It was stamped for mailing from Japan but there is no postmark. The message is much newer than the card. So make of this what you will. Grade: 4

Code: 20311047
Price: $3.50
Man
This is an old, heavily aged card. We wish we knew who this man is, but we don’t. He certainly looks imposing, and famous. The caption at the bottom will tell you, if you read Japanese. Grade: 3

Code: 20311048
Price: $11.00
Tokyo, Seryna Mon Cher Ton Ton restaurant
This unused card dates from the 1980s, has begun to stain/mottle on the front, but is still OK on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 20311049
Price: $2.50
Tokyo, Shinjuku
The postal people really pounded the postmark into the card, but the stamp is there and the photo is clear if somewhat stark. Card was mailed in 1999. Andrew, this one’s for you. Grade: 2

Code: 20311050
Price: $3.50
Mt. Fuji
While we freely admit that cards of Mt. Fuji are not in short supply, this is a nice example of one mailed in 1996 with a stamp and full Shinjuku postmark. Has a postal barcode printed on bottom reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 20311051
Price: $3.50
Kyoto, Sagano bamboo grove
There’s some postmark smudging in the very large white margin of this card, which was mailed from Malaysia (not Japan) in the early 1990s. It has a Malaysian stamp, partial postmark, tape marks, pencil marks, and is basically for people who crave a card of bamboo or from Sagano (or both). Grade: 4

Code: 20311052
Price: $3.00
Kyoto, Sanjo Grand Bridge
Sturdy, high-quality card mailed in 1982 with three stamps. Grade: 1

Code: 20311053
Price: $6.00
Tokyo, Ginza
Card from 1982, mailed with two stamps and full Shinjuku postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20311054
Price: $5.00
Fukuoka, Nishi Nakajimaba
As the writer said in the message when this antique card was mailed in 1990, “an entry in world’s worst postcard contest.” We agree. However it does have a stamp and full postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 20311056
Price: $7.00
Earthquake damage (1923)
Many, many years ago this card had the misfortune to be on top of a stack held together by a rubber band. That rubber band hardened right into the card and most of it is still there. OK, we’ve given you the bad news. The card many years later, 1988, was mailed with two stamps and full Akasaka postmark. Low grade but has its own history! Grade: 5

Code: 20311057
Price: $5.50
Countryside
The card almost makes it look like there’s strip mining going on in the foreground but we doubt that’s the case. It was mailed in 1982 with two stamps and mostly readable postmark, and has a bit of postal battering around the edges. Grade: 2

Code: 20311058
Price: $4.50
Battery Shojuzan after war Ryojun
Antique postcard, unused, in excellent shape apart from normal aging. We think this was in the Port Arthur area so this card might better have been placed in the “China” category but other Port Arthur postcards may be found there. Grade: 2

Code: 20311059
Price: $5.00
Castle inside town Kirinsho
Superb unused card, of course well-aged but still clear and intensely atmospheric. Terrific for framing. Grade: 2

Code: 20311060
Price: $16.00
Soldier
Our good friend Tomizawa-san advises the literal and contextual meaning of the caption “the way to dazzling East Asia” during the imperialist era of 1931-1945. Doesn’t it look like it could be any military family anywhere? The artist may be Riichiro Kawashima, internationally active at that time. Meanwhile, it’s an unused card, normally aged. Grade: 2

Code: 20311061
Price: $19.00
Communal bath or hot spring
The photo on this unused antique postcard is so clear you almost feel like a voyeur. Black and white and brilliant. Grade: 1

Code: 20311062
Price: $24.50
Boatmen working on the river
Unused, heavily aged antique postcard with an additional purple chop on the front–this chop belongs there and is not a flaw. The card was made in Wakayama. Does that help? Grade: 3

Code: 20311063
Price: $16.00
In the field
This mailed card still has its stamp, but the postmark is not quite legible. There’s a full message and address in Japanese on the reverse. Tomizawa-san reports–and we believe him–that an Earl named Matsudaira, of Shogun descent, visited a workplace or garden in Kagawa prefecture west of Tokyo. This garden was similar to what Americans of the mid-20th century called a “Victory Garden” but reflected peoples’ desires to help Japan catch up to the wealth levels of western countries. Well, it worked!! Grade:

Code: 20311064
Price: $27.00
Osaka, Sterilizing Room, Ogata Woman’s Hospital
One of our odder entries, though to be fair the next card 066 trumps this one. Unused, real photo, now sepia-toned and with captions at top and bottom on the front. Grade: 1

Code: 20311065
Price: $13.00
Osaka, Bath Room Private Room A, Ogata Woman’s Hospital
This card speaks for itself, we think. Unused, normally aged. Grade: 1

Code: 20311066
Price: $11.00
Mt. Fuji
We don’t suspect–we know that some of you out there specialize in cards of Fuji-san and are watching snow levels, foliage, urban development, everything. Here’s one more card for you. It was mailed in Malaysia (not Japan) in 1986 with Malaysian stamp but no legible postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 20311067
Price: $3.50
Legendary historical event
Another of the cards about which we know nothing but would like to. Help!! Unused old card, minimally abraded but still in great condition. Grade: 2

Code: 20311069
Price: $14.00
Dogs, 1922 New Year greeting
And don’t the dogs look thrilled? Honest, we’re not certain which of the writing is printed onto the card and which was added in pen by someone, but what you see is what you get. The card had been mailed but the stamp is gone. There’s a large inked message (in Japanese) on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 20311070
Price: $17.00
Seashore and boat, sacred spot
Blue tint, red caption, no English, unused old card. Grade: 2

Code: 20311071
Price: $9.00
Rickshaws and monument
Something is going on here, or someone important is in that rickshaw on the left. Unused card, aging. Grade: 3

Code: 20311072
Price: $11.00
Interior of assembly hall
It might have been nicer if something was happening in this structure, but we can’t do much about that right now. Old B&W card, unused, normally aged. Grade: 2

Code: 20311073
Price: $8.00
Elevator or dumbwaiter
We think we are on the right track in describing this view, but if you read Japanese you’ll know for certain. Old sepia card, aged, unused. Grade: 2

Code: 20311074
Price: $12.00
Men at pond, haunted place?
If you have read this far into the Japan section, you already know we are a bit frustrated in not knowing what’s going on with several of the cards. This one is no exception. And this is a good card, mailed, with stamp and nearly full postmark, and full message, name, and address on the reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 20311075
Price: $21.00
Hospital corridor
We know what the photo represents. We just don’t know exactly where. Unused old card, Grade: 2

Code: 20311076
Price: $16.00
Tokyo, maybe newsprint or newspaper factory
If you can tell us what exactly this is, we promise to change the description. Meanwhile, it’s unused, heavily aged, and otherwise OK. Grade: 3

Code: 20311077
Price: $11.00
Energy company (?)
At least there was sunlight. Unused, aged sepia card. Grade: 2

Code: 20311078
Price: $14.00
Fairgrounds
From the presence of the general public, we’re thinking this might be a military fairground or display area of some sort. If you can read Japanese, you’ll know right away. Unused card. Grade: 2

Code: 20311079
Price: $12.00
Tokyo, Hilton Hotel garden
Two cards are available. One was mailed to USA in 1982, with two stamps, full postmark, and normal postal battering. But not much of that (Grade: 1, $4). The other is unused (Grade: 1, $3).

Code: 20311080
Price: $3.00
Tokyo Disneyland, cartoon
This card was mailed from Tokyo in 1983, just ten days after the park first opened. The card has a stamp and partial postmark, and clear printed attribution of Tokyo Disneyland on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 20311081
Price: $6.00
Tokyo, Asakusa, Kaminarimon
Unused, as-new card. Check any changes in the neighbouring signs over time. Grade: 1

Code: 20311083
Price: $3.50
Tokyo, Ginza on Sunday evening
The cost of this unused, as-new card would buy you a sip of one beer. Grade: 1

Code: 20311084
Price: $4.00
Tokyo, Hibiya Park
Dark, stylized view of this park. Old card, more recently mailed in 1987, with two stamps and full Meguro postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 20311086
Price: $7.00

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