Lot 30106 – 1872, 1/2 sen brown, two singles and one pair on inland cover

1872, 1/2 sen brown, two singles and one pair, applied on western-type envelope (back flap lacking) to the Kaitakushi Tokyo, tied by three strikes of N1B1 “Yokohama 7.6.11” cds (June 11, 1874). Overall toning, still though an appealing cover with a centrally applied multiple. Bilingual addressed covers (sender’s address on reverse in Japanese) are rarely found.

Note: The cover was addressed to Benjamin Smith Lyman at the Kaitakushi (Hokkaido development agency). From 1873 to 1879, Lyman was a foreign advisor (oyatoi) to the Japanese government as chief geologist and mining engineer.