Lot 90215 – Hakodate, 1872, 10c brown on loose ship letter before the U.S. post office was established

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Lot 90215 – Hakodate, 1872, 10c brown on loose ship letter before the U.S. post office was established
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Stamp of Japan » Foreign Post Offices » U.S. Post Office Hakodate, 1872, 10c brown on loose ship letter before the U.S. post office was established
Stamp of Japan » Foreign Post Offices » U.S. Post Office Hakodate, 1872, 10c brown on loose ship letter before the U.S. post office was established
Stamp of Japan » Foreign Post Offices » U.S. Post Office Hakodate, 1872, 10c brown on loose ship letter before the U.S. post office was established

Lot 90215 – Hakodate, 1872, 10c brown on loose ship letter before the U.S. post office was established

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Price realised
1’700 EUR
Estimate
500 – 1’000 EUR
Auction date
Sat 9 Dec 2023 at 10:30 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

Hakodate. 1872, 10c brown, on small cover to Mrs. Stephen R. Chase, Berry’s Mills, Maine, originally affixed over blue “Pacific Mail S.S. Co. Hakodate, Japan” two-line handstamp applied by PMSS agent, lifted and hinged back enabling the PMSS cachet to be exhibited, tied by crossroads cancel. Cover clearly struck with “San Francisco Steamship Mar. 24” (1872) cds. Small surface scuff in address at right, otherwise very fine. Illustrated on page 72 of “The United States Post Offices in China and Japan” by Frajola-Perlman-Scamp (Collectors Club, 2006).

An extremely rare loose ship letter from Hakodate before the U.S. post office was established.

Provenance:

Bilden

“Magnolia” (Part 4, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1271, 13.12.2022, lot 306)

Catalogue ref: Scott 150
Auction
Winter Auction Series
Catalogue
The “Meiji” Property of Japan Part II

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