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Post by captphil on Mar 29, 2024 18:44:09 GMT
I recently got a small group of Japanese first day covers from the early 1960s. I don't really collect FDCs anymore, but I wanted a few of these to go with my collection of Japanese National Parks stamps.  Japan sc 680, IATA, 1959.  Japan sc 690, Matsushima, Three Views, 1960. |
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Post by captphil on Mar 29, 2024 18:52:43 GMT
 Japan sc 693-94, Centenary of Japan-US Relations, 1960.  Japan sc 724, South Boso Park, 1960.  Japan sc 728, Stamp Week, 1960. |
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Post by captphil on Mar 29, 2024 20:03:40 GMT
 Japan sc 770, Ishizuchi Quasi-National Park, 1963.  Japan sc 775. Setsubun Spring Festival, 1963. This is the bean scattering ceremony, which seems strange to some of us, including me. But we all naturally do strange things as traditions. For instance, I always eat turnip greens and black eyed peas on New Years Day for wealth and health... |
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Post by captphil on Mar 30, 2024 23:54:17 GMT
 Japan sc 776, Foundation of Kita-Kyusyu City, 1963.  Japan sc 777-78, Unzen-Amakusa National Park, 1963.  Japan sc 779-80, Hakusan National Park, 1963. |
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Post by captphil on Mar 31, 2024 17:46:15 GMT
And finally.... Here are a pair of neat airmail covers that were in the batch.    Handsome KLM First Polar Flight Cover with insert, November 1958.   Pan Am New Years Day cover mailed Tokyo on January 1, 1954, arrived Honolulu that evening on December 31, 1953. |
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