Lot 30062 – 1871, 500 mon bluish-green, plate 1, position 7, on cover

1871, 500 mon bluish-green, plate 1, position 7, shade characteristic from the middle period of printing, margins ranging from full to very large, used on back of large part cover to Tokyo, tied by framed seal-style (“Tensho”) postmark from the Sekito post office (Suo province), with alongside showing framed “Yubin / Boshu Sekito Postal Handling Agency” hs in vermilion, and arrival “(year of) Water Ape 4th Moon 3rd Day” / Tokyo P.O.” (Gregorian May 9, 1872). A delightful and rare single franking.