Lot 90216 – Hakodate incoming from Yokohama, 1874 (ca.), 3c Green

Hakodate. 1874 (ca.), 3c green in dark shade, one pulled perf. at base, tied by circle of wedges cancel of Yokohama on undated cover addressed to “H. S. Munroe, E.M., Ichiwanatori, Hokaido, Care of American Consul, Hakodate”. H. S. Munroe was the assistant geologist on the survey of Yesso (Geological Survey of Hokkaido: A General Report on the Geology of Yesso, Benjamin Smith Lyman, 1877). The U.S. post offices in Japan closed on Dec. 31, 1874. Very fine, an extremely rare incoming cover to Hakodate, this being a rarely used post office, from which only three covers are known bearing the Hakodate circular datestamp.

Provenance:

Ryohei Ishikawa (“The Forerunner Foreign Post Offices in Japan”, Tokyo 1976, p. 100)

“Magnolia” (Part 4, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1271, 13.12.2022, lot 307)