seanpashby

04 Apr 2016
05:43:58pm

I'm not sure if this should go here or under US, but here goes. I bought this 99 cent post card that is apparently an Insurance bill mailed either from or to the Ryukyu Islands, on a Japanese post card. Down in the lower left corner is a vermillion handstamp that looks very similar to the Miyako District overprint used on the Japanese stamps that were the provisional issues early on. In the catalogs that I have, there is no indication that any Japanese postal stationary was overprinted. Hopefully someone here can help.

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re: Ryukyu Islands Post Card

I suggest you take this query to Stampboards. The resident Indian Feudatory States expert there is a professional translator in oriental languages - specifically Japanese - and while not an expert in Japanese philately his translation skills are awesome !

Malcolm

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