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Japan – Shanghai – Belgium, 1897. Japanese postal stationery…
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Japan – Shanghai – Belgium, 1897. Japanese postal stationery…
Estimation 80 € - 150 €
Lot volontaire
Description
Japan – Shanghai – Belgium, 1897.
Japanese postal stationery card of 2 sen olive-green (Empire of Japan, Meiji period), uprated with a 1 sen green stamp, written in Shanghai on 15 April 1897 and carried via the transpacific route: Shanghai and Yokohama (20 APR 97) cancellations, San Francisco transit postmark (MAY 11, 1897), and Wychmael (Limbourg) arrival postmark — a well-documented routing from China to Belgium by way of Japan and the United States. Handwritten "Belgique" routing note. The message in Dutch, headed "Geloofd zij J.C.!" (Praised be Jesus Christ) and "J.M.J.", is signed J. Wallet — the same missionary sender as the Hong Kong 1896 postal stationery card in this sale, addressed to the same recipients: Mr L. Schutjes-Bijvoet and his wife, Hechtel (Wychmael), Belgium. The writer announces the sending of the promised cards, his departure "next Tuesday", and jokes that Shanghai greets them "with hands and feet". A charming item of missionary correspondence, combining Japanese postal stationery used from China, a transpacific routing and Belgian destination — from a small family archive spanning Hong Kong, Shanghai and Java, several items of which are offered in this sale.
Keywords: philately, marcophily, postal stationery, uprated, Nippon, Meiji, treaty port, transpacific mail, via America, San Francisco transit, missionary correspondence, incoming mail Belgium, Far East.
The descriptions are based on our interpretation of the postmarks and handwritten inscriptions, which are sometimes difficult to decipher; they are provided in good faith and without guarantee.
Crédits photos :
SANCHEZ Hugo
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