Lot 30280 – 1875, treaty port cover: 4 sen deep grey-green « butchi » on inland cover with foreign-mail cancel

1875, 4 sen deep grey-green, crossed branches « butchi », used on double weight folded wrapper from Nagasaki to Yokohama, carried by ship as treaty port mail, sent by L. Kniffler & Co. to its Yokohama branch, tied by large « Nagasaki Sep 23 2 P.M. » cds, with framed vermillion « PAID ALL » circle, backstamped with « Yokohama Paid All Sep 28 » cds in red. Small surface scuff in upper left corner of the stamp and rough separation at right. A very clean and fresh cover. (JHES ¥350,000).An extremely rare example of a Roman-Letter postmark on a domestic mail, as this type, according to the postal rules, had to be applied on mail sent abroad only.Provenance: Michael Eugene Ruggiero (Dynasty Auctions, 13.4.2014, lot 2872)