Los 8135
1870: 1867/80, 1 s. green, pl. 4 a fine example used on entire letter to Yokohama, Japan tied by London '96' duplex (Oct 8) in black. The entire unusually endorsed ´via San Francisco' probably due to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, with red 'New York Paid All' transit cds on front (Oct 16) aand internal docketing of receipt (Nov 25). Fresh and very fine, a scarce entire.
Thorel, Ziegler & Co. was a silk merchant in Yokohama from 1865-1868. After Karl Thorel left the company , the remaining swiss owner Karl Ziegler run the business under the name Ziegler & Co. from 1868 – 1889.
