379. Auktion
19.-24. September 2022 in Wiesbaden
JAPAN – FRANCE: 1869, complete printed matter (silk report), dated 'Yokohama, 4th December, 1869' to Lyon, carried by forwarder to Alexandria and posted at the Austrian post office, to be conveyed by the "DAMPFSCHIFFAHRT – GESELLSCHAFT DES ÖSTERR. LLOYD" (marked with blue sticker on front" to Trieste, then via Italy with the so-called 'Summit temporary railway' (before opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel) to France with front side transit mark of St. Michel-Lans-le-Bourg. In France charged with "15" decimes total postage due. Several transit- and arrival marks on front and reverse. This is the only recorded letter via Trieste and the 'Summit temporary railway' from Japan to France or vice versa.
Provenance: Jun Ichi Matsumoto (illustrated in his book 'The French Post Office in Yokohama'
1844/1894, kleine Sammlung von 9 Briefen, dabei Frankreich Mi. 16 im Viererstreifen auf Brief von Alexandria und 31 auf Brief von Kairo, GB Mi. 34 im Paar auf Brief von Alexandria, etc., alles mit Beschreibung in spanisch.