• Original 1904 postcard showing Japanese Fleet departing Sasebo Naval Base

  • Published by Kokusan-Sha (early patriotic military series)

  • Postmarked 1904 with 2¢ St. Louis World’s Fair Jefferson stamp

  • Light Surface Blemishes Ink message on front, light edge wear, no major creases

  • Early Russo-Japanese War naval postcard—excellent collector subject

  • Ships under steam; fine detail of pre-Dreadnought battleships

    • This is not a tourist postcard.
    It’s a wartime propaganda / naval fleet departure card, printed during the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905). Kokusan-sha produced many patriotic naval scenes that were widely collected and have strong military + pre-WWI interest

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