Lot 30174 – 1874, 2 sen yellow, syllabic 1 (i), tied by early non-standard square “Uzen Yonezawa/Kensazumi” handstamp

1874, 2 sen yellow, syllabic 1 (i), tied by early non-standard square “Uzen Yonezawa/Kensazumi” handstamp to reverse of cover to Tokyo, additionally tied by framed “Yonezawa/Yubin/Toriaktsukaisho” (Y. postal handling agency) postmark. Handwritten date by the sender “5th Month 25th Day” and type N1B1 Tokyo receiving cds on Meiji 7.6.2 (2 June 1874). Very fine. (JSCA ¥80,000).

Provenance: Koizumi Tatsunosuke