Los-Nr. 8152

1862: 1861/62, 10¢ green, 5¢ red brown and 30¢ orange, all tied by double circle Elmira NY town markings on cover addressed to Kanagawa Japan sent “Care of Mess. Olyphant & Co., Shanghae China”; manuscript “By overland mail via Marseilles” at upper left and “INSUFFy STAMPED VIA MARSEILLES” at lower right; red NY Am. Pkt. and London transit marks at center, dark blue 1862 Hong Kong backstamp; very small piece out of top edge of cover and small part of backflap missing; an attractive three-color franking; cover most likely sent via Southampton as the 45¢ postage would have fully paid the 33¢ rate for a ½ oz by British Mail, but would not have paid the ¼ oz rate of 51¢ for British Mail via Marseilles at this time. 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott 68,75,71). Francis Hall (1822-1902) was an upstate New York book dealer who went to Japan in 1859. He became founder of Walsh, Hall & Co., America’s leading Trading House in 19th century Japan. In 1862 he joined John Greer and Thomas Walsh to found the company , a commission trading house that quickly expanded into the tea and silk trade. Under hall’s leadership Walsh, hall & Co’s business flourished and the company came to be knwon in Japan as „Ame-ichi“, the „No.1 American firm“ Having made a fortune in trade between Japan and the United States he returned home in 1866 and became a philanthropist and world traveler.