1871-1984 (c.), the mint and used accumulation, the majority of the post-1915 issues are mint or unmounted mint, including 1871 first issue and 1872 rough perf. values, 1873 2s. yellow unused, 1875 Birds 12s., 15s. and 45s. used, 1875 changed colours to 30s. used, 1906 Military Review mint, 1921 Return of the Crown Prince, 1923 ½s. to 20s. granite paper, 1925 Silver Wedding, 1927 U.P.U., 1929 Air, 1936 Kwantung, 1938-39 ½s., 2s., 4s. and 14s. coils, a large run of National Park sets from 1938, 1945-48 imperf values to 10y., 1946-47 values to 100y. (perf.), 1946 Postal Service miniature sheet, 1947 Tokyo Exhibition miniature sheet, 1948 Mishima miniature sheet, 1948 Philatelic Week 5y. brown sheet of five, 1949 Children's Exhibition sheet, 1949 Electrical Communications sheet, 1949 Postal Week 8y. violet sheet of five, 1949-52 Portraits, 1950 Air set, 1950 Athletic Meeting, 1950-51 80s. to 50y., 1950-51 80s., 14y., 24y. and 50y. miniature sheets, 1952-68 1y. to 500y., 1952 Investiture sheet. Also included are a number of later sheets together with a good quantity of Japanese philatelic literature. An extremely fine and valuable assembly. (thousands)