Lot 40588 – 1866 (Feb 1) Envelope to Bordeaux, 1862 40c vertical pair

1866 (Feb 1) Single rate envelope to Bordeaux, bearing 1862 40c vertical pair cancelled by « 5118 » dotted lozenge, showing « YOKOHAMA/BAU FRANÇAIS » and red French entry cds’s alongside, two vertical creases clear away of the franking, a rare mail in the year of the Great Fire of Yokohama; cert. Roumet (2002), signed Calves; (Yv €700); ex Jun Ichi Matsumoto and Max J. Mayer.