Gunji Yubin Card (Military Mail)



Imperial Star type card sent from HITO (Philippine) dispatch to Kyoto, Japan.

Handstamped purple censor marking and personal circular censormarking in orange.

Basically this card is a sample of miltary mail used by Japanese Imperial Army during the Ocupation in the Philippines. What is interesting about this cover is the purple handstamped which shows that these military mail (gunji yubin in japanese) have gone through the censorship prior sending to the recipient. Another is the orange circular censor marking depicting the personal seal of the censor.

This is one of the few military cards during Japanese Occupation in the Philippines. do let me know if you have find any. I will appreciate if there's somebody who could give me the interpretation of the content of the mail. Your comments are higly welcomed.