Envelope with Tomo Postmark and Sake Label

Japan · 1927 ·

This image displays an envelope featuring a landscape postmark from the Tomo Post Office in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, dated March 28, 1927. The item affixed to the envelope is a label from a local sake brewery, not a postage stamp.

This artifact serves as a piece of Japanese postal history from the early 20th century, illustrating the use of a specific local postmark and the practice of affixing commercial labels to mail, rather than a government-issued postage stamp.