Lot 30248 – 1874, 10 sen yellow green syll. ro (2) on cover

1874, 10 sen yellow green, syllabic ro (2), proof-like impression, used on July 10, 1876 cover from Yokohama to Lyon (France, Raud-Duplay-Balay correspondence), tied by large golf ball foreign mail cancel (Nishino type YH 76D), with large red “Yokohama Jul 11 Paid All” cds at left, displaying transits of San Francisco (black) and New York (red) alongside, as well as two-line “5. Cent.” due marking at left for the U.S. credit, with blue merchants cachet ” J. Raud & Co. Yokohama (Japon)” and Paris transit cds on back. A delightful foreign mail cover.