Lot 30027 – 1871, 100 mon dark blue plate 2, single on cover

1871, 100 mon dark blue, plate 2, position 29, strong colour and impression, barely touching at right, otherwise well margined, tied by the “head portion” of large “Fushimi (Kensazumi)” hs to reverse of cover (opened for display) from Fushimi to Osaka, with handwritten date 6th moon 7th day, showing above arrival “(year of) Water Monkey 6th Moon … Day” (Gregorian early July of 1872) ds in red. An appealing and scarce second-plate single franking. (JSCA ¥600,000).Note: According to the official order of Meiji 4.12, the large Kensazumi postmarks were instructed to be applied with the name of the place only. Provenance: Kobayashi auction (Philanippon 2001, lot 13, sold for ¥500,000 = €3,500)