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June 5th 08, 05:51 PM
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Japanese stamp cancelled Imperial Hotel.
Last evening a club member brought a show n tell item to the meeting.
It was an old Japanese stamp bearint the post mark of the Imperial Hotel in English. Anyone know anything about this item?? Ralphael, the OLD one 
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June 5th 08, 09:41 PM
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Japanese stamp cancelled Imperial Hotel.
Ralph: Background: http://www.imperialhotel.co.jp/cgi-b...&Page=hpd_view http://www.steinerag.com/flw/Artifac...HDirectory1957 Such a hotel would certainly boast its own post office. Is this your cancel ? Imperial Hotel cover with two Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Roman Letter Sword Guard Cancellations, to Cleveland,OHIO http://www.siyer.com/incoming/jcvrxx5.jpg Special Delivery Cover to the Imperial Hotel. Backstamped with their receiving mark. http://www.mayoph.com/images4/08a314.jpg Blair
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June 5th 08, 10:10 PM
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June 5th 08, 11:44 PM
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Japanese stamp cancelled Imperial Hotel.
On Jun 5, 5:10 pm, "Gazza" wrote:
The designer of the second hotel on a stamp http://blog.miragestudio7.com/2006/0...wright-stamps/ .... and more ... http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1427/...0c8ebb.jpg?v=0 http://www.thepostcard.com/walt/covers/cv45.gif Blair
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June 6th 08, 06:28 PM
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Japanese stamp cancelled Imperial Hotel.
On Jun 5, 1:51*pm, Ralphael1 wrote:
Last evening a club member brought a show n tell item to the meeting. It was an old Japanese stamp bearint the post mark of the Imperial Hotel in English. Anyone know anything about this item?? Ralphael, the OLD one this hotel closed I believe pre-1945 ... but was favoured by gai-gee in Tokyo ... /w a PO on premise... postcard sales were no doubt brisk!
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June 6th 08, 09:59 PM
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Japanese stamp cancelled Imperial Hotel.
On Jun 6, 1:28 pm, omega45 wrote:
On Jun 5, 1:51 pm, Ralphael1 wrote: Last evening a club member brought a show n tell item to the meeting. It was an old Japanese stamp bearint the post mark of the Imperial Hotel in English. Anyone know anything about this item?? Ralphael, the OLD one this hotel closed I believe pre-1945 ... but was favoured by gai-gee in Tokyo ... /w a PO on premise... postcard sales were no doubt brisk! (1) The original hotel was 1890-1922. (2) It was rebuilt by Frank Lloyd Wright. 1923-1967. (3) By 1967, the old hotel was unsafe (earthquakes, bombing etc...) The modern hotel was built on the same property and the old hotel was demolished. Built 1968-70. Still in business. Blair .. It is a newer building on the old property.
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