January 25, 2024
1935 MOUNT FUJI JAPAN KARL LEWIS HANDPAINTED COVER
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Very interesting Karl Lewis cover franked with (3) different Japan definitive stamps cancelled with two red Mt. Fuji Summit Post Office, Aug 8 1935, postmarks, depicting the "Peerless Mountain" with hikers in foreground, printed legend reading "This cover was mailed at the Summit Post Office on Mount Fuji, "Fujiyama" ... 12,365 feet high," lovely watercolor painting of Fuji at left with traditional Japanese building in foreground, to U.S.A. Karl Lewis was an American who settled in Yokohama, Japan around the turn of the 20th century. He first sold souvenir photos and post cards from his shop and in the 1930s began selling these hand painted covers to clients all over the world. Very fine condition. *** We have been in the postal history business since 1953 and are members of the American Stamp Dealers Association, American Philatelic Society, National Stamp Dealers Association, Philatelic Traders Society (Great Britain), Canadian Stamp Dealers Association (Canada), International Federation of Stamp Dealers Associations, Collectors Club of New York and numerous other philatelic organizations.
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