Lot 90223 – Yokohama. 1871, 10c and 3c (6) on rare forwarded cover from Nagasaki to Yokohama, then to London

Yokohama. 1871, 10c brown and 3c green pair, paying the U.S. 10c and the U.S.-G.B. 6c rates, tied by segmented cork cancels and “Yokohama Japan Nov. 22” cds on November 13 entire letter to London, with « L.Kniffler & Co./Nagasaki », “via San Francisco” and “Europe” cachets in blue applied by the sender alongside, red New York (Dec. 27) and « London Paid » (Jan. 8, 1872) cds’s also on obverse. Carried by the PMSS Great Republic (Yokohama 11.23 – San Francisco 12.17). Vertical file fold slightly affecting on the 10c stamp, otherwise very fine. A rare forwarded cover from Nagasaki.Provenance:Ryohei Ishikawa (« The Forerunner Foreign Post Offices in Japan », Tokyo 1976, p. 98)Dr. Spicer« Magnolia » (Part 4, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1271, 13.12.2022, lot 346)