Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 2

Japanese Navy at Malta 1918 (Jan): Picture Postcard depicting Malta St. Paul's Bay despatched from the Japanese 1st class destroyer H.I.J.M.S. Kanran, ex British H.M.S. Nemesis on loan 1917-1919, attacking the Austrian submarine U-28 with another Japanese destroyer. Despatched at Yokohama P.O., struck by '7.1.1.' cds in black, framed "Military Post Gunji Yabin" handstamp and "Censored, Ken-etsu-Zumi" handstamp, both in red on obverse. The sender Isamu Matsunami writes to Kyoto: "From ten thousands waves of Mediterranean, a Happy New Year with modesty, 1st day of January 7 years of Taisho era".