Lot 30107 – 1872, 1/2 Sen Matsuda printing, plate 3, vertical pair on cover, earliest recorded usage
Lot 30107 – 1872, 1/2 Sen Matsuda printing, plate 3, vertical pair on cover, earliest recorded usage
1872, 1/2 sen brown, Matsuda printing, plate 3, vertical pair, positions 15 / 23, irregular perforation at lower right, very fresh used on reverse of cover from Tokyo to Shimodate (destination within 100km distance), tied by two strikes of framed non-standard “Ken” postmark on dispatch. Alongside with framed “(year of) Water Monkey 10th Moon 12th Day / Tokyo P. O.” (Gregorian 12 November 1872) datestamp.
The earliest usage recorded of the lowest “Cherry Blossom” denomination.
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