Lot 30245 – 1874, 6 sen violet brown syll. so (18) tied kiban “i-u, single on cover

1874, 6 sen slate-purple, syllabic so (18), tied by Kiban “i-u 16” (Hizen province, Nagasaki) numeral on reverse of Cherry Blossom stationery envelope, showing on front 2 sen yellow, syllabic i (1), also tied by numeral hs on dispatch and with KB1 “Nagasaki Hizen -5.10” cds alongside, with red handwriting below value indicating the registration, with type N2B2 arrival 10.5.16 (May 16, 1877) in Tokyo applied to registered mail. Horizontal crease to envelope and far from the franking. In unusually fresh condition for this native long envelope. Cert. Florian Eichhorn BPP (2003).

Note: The 6 sen paid the registration fee. The envelope was addressed to the company Nipposha, publisher of “Tokyo Nichinichi” newspaper (predecessor of present day “Tokyo Mainichi”).