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.