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Hi,
Confirmation on the transcriptions of shipping information appearing in the colophon in 1879 issues No. 16 and 21 of the theater magazine Kabuki Shinpō would be appreciated.
Issue no. 16 appears to read: 遠國遞送之分り外に郵便税申受候事 (For copies sent to distant regions, postage will be charged separately.)

Issue no. 21 is identical except for substituting two characters which I cannot read: 遠國遞送之分り外に郵便税?受?事
I imagine that the substitution of the two unread characters in Issue 21 doesn't change the meaning, but your confirmation would be appreciated.
With thanks,
Irwin

Version 1,
遠國遞送之分ハ外に郵便税申受候事
Enkoku teisō no bun wa soto ni yūbinzei mōshitsuke sōrō koto
ハ　=　は

Version 2,
遠國遞送之分ハ外に郵便税申受候事
Enkoku teisō no bun wa soto ni yubinzei mōshitsuke sōrō koto
It's exactly the same as the top.
Only the characters 申 and 候 are written in their practical, abbreviated forms, which were mainly used in correspondence during that era

In Meiji-period Japanese-Chinese hybrid texts, “~ "wa soto ni” is a fixed, formulaic phrase meaning “treating as a separate case” or “excluding ~.”
It serves almost the same function as the modern expression “~ no hoka (or ‘other than’).”

With regards,
I.Nagy

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