365 / September 2017

1950, Opening of the post office in Elat 500 pr., complete sheet of 50 with five full tabs, mint never hinged, very fine

1871, Dragon mon issue: 48 m. brown, plate 1, pos. 33, wove paper, unused, official pin hole at lower left, fine and fresh, opinion Eichhorn BPP (2017)

1871, Dragon mon issue: 48 m. brown, plate 1, pos. 25, laid paper, unused, fine and fresh, opinion Eichhorn BPP (2017)

48 m. brown, plate 2, pos. 14, laid paper, unused, fine and fresh, opinion Eichhorn BPP (2017)

100 m. blue and darkblue, plate 1, pos. 6 resp. 24, laid paper, unused, tiny imperfections, otherwise fine and fresh, 2 opinions Eichhorn BPP (2017)

100 m. blue, plate 1, pos. 34, laid paper, unused, fine and fresh, opinion Eichhorn BPP (2017)

100 m. blue, plate 2, pos. 33, wove paper, unused, tiny thin and offical pinhole, otherwise fine and fresh, opinion Eichhorn BPP (2017)

1874, Cherry blossom 6 s. slate-purple, syll. 1, wove paper, used with kiban postmark, fine, a scarce stamp, certificate Eichhorn BPP (2017)

1874, Cherry blossom 4 s. rose, foreign paper, used with 7 bar foreign cancel, fine, a scarce stamp, certificate Eichhorn BPP (2017)

1875, Cherry blossom 10 s. blue, syll. 5, wove paper, used with negative large size Nishino type  YH81B cancel, fine, a scarce stamp, certificate Eichhorn BPP (2017)

1888/92, New Koban 3 s. violet as additional franking on postcard 1 s. blue from Yokohama 1898 to Vienna, Austria to a c/o-address, here held for some months and finally forwarded with Austria 1890, 2 h. brown to Lower Austria with several transit and arrival marks, card with light vertical fold, otherwise fine, opinion Holcombe

1899, chrysantheme 2 s. green tied by old japanese datestamp to small enevelope to Berlin, there readressed to Puerto Orotava on Teneriffa, slighty unfresh, a very interesting cover

INCOMING MAIL: 1882: Switzerland 10 c. postal stationery card used to and from Yokohama, Japan with 'Neuchatel' despatch cds (Dec 6) on front and thence sent via Marseilles with YOKOHAMA / JAPAN thimble datestamp of arrival (Jan 24, 1883) on reverse and returned to sender franked by Japan Koban 1877 10 s. bright blue tied by segmented cork cancel in black with further YOKOHAMA / JAPAN thimble datestamp of despatch (Jan 26) on front and Neuchatel re-arrival cds (March 7). A charming and unusual card. Cert. Rellstab (1989).

OCCUPATION OF MARSHALL ISLANDS: 1918, Registered cover from the Japanese Naval Base at Jaluit, franked with Tatsawa 20 s., tied by manuscript "Jaluit" and Yokohama transit mark, to New York with several arrival marks on reverse; very scarce

1814, folded letter from Beirut (dated 12.8.) to Damascus, complete with wax seal on reverse, fine

1943, 2nd Anniversary of Japan's entry into the Second World War 6 f. and Definitive stamps 10 f. blue and 20 f. brown, each tied by cds. "HARBIN 28.3.44" to registered cover with bilingual censor label of Manchukuo Gouvernment at right to Immensee, Switzerland with arrival mark, fine, rare

1861, 1 r. black on green and 2 r. black on rose MEXICO, tied by cds. via London to Paris with frontside boxed "GB 1 F 60 C" and tax mark "24" (decimes), fine and rare, sign. Todd and certificate MEPSI (2008)

1861, 4 r. red on yellow MEXICO with natural printing crease, tied to entire letter to France, showing on front blue octagonal "MEXIQUE 1 / 15 JUIL. 62" and on reversre black "MEXIQUE FLORIDE", fine and scarce

CAMPECHE PROVISIONAL ISSUE: 1877, 25c. with wide margins all around tied by oval "FRANCO" to piece, faded manuscript "FO", light horizontal resp. corner crease, otherwise fine, scarce ex Waelbroeck

1925, 1 t. and 25 m., tied by red boxed date stamp to registered letter from Tsetserlik to Harbin with combination franking China postage due 10 c. in block of 4

1840, Entire letter dated "Callao 4th Sept. 1840", privately carried to Liverpool, here franked with 1 d. black, plate 4, JG, tied by faint red MC and sent to London, slightly stained; the earliest recorded letter from Peru franked with a postage stamp, certificate BPA (1994)

TPO: "TRAVELLING POST SHELLAL HALFA 17 V. 90" good strike on postal stationery card 5c. with additional handstamp 4 Milliemes to Cairo, fine ex Waelbroeck

1408, folded letter from Latakia (dated 22.3.) to Amman, fine

1414, folded letter from Damascus (dated 21.3.) to Amman, fine

1933, surcharges on fiscal stamp, 35 on 15k brown as horizontal pair, unused, left stamp trivial corner crease, otherwise fine with the usual colour adherence on reverse

1889, Chulalongkorn 1a. on 64a.  as horizontal pair and two singles and 2a. on 64a. as single with additional franking tied by cds. "BANGKOK 31 7 97" to reverse of cover to Bombay, fine ex Waelbroeck

1905, Chulalongkorn 1a. two singles and 2-5a.one single each on shipmail letter tied in transit by "SINGAPORE FE 4 1907" to cover to Frankfurt with arrival mark, slight creases at the edges, otherwise fine

USED ABROAD: "KEDAH 13.7.98", clear strike on postal stationery 4att., via "PENANG JY 11 98" to Bangkok, small stain,otherwise fine and scarce ex Waelbroeck

USED ABROAD: "KEDAH 13.8.02", clear strike on double card 4 a. + 4a. (reply part also cancelled in mistake), via "PENANG AU 13 1902" to Germany with arrival mark, fine and scarce

"KEDAH 7-7.04" on postcard 1 a. with additional franking 4 a. used via "PENANG JY 8 1904" to Germany with arrival mark, fine and scarce

1923, 9 k. deep blue and two single stamps 3 k. rose tied by cds. "TIFLIS 18.12.23" to postcard as invitation card from the Georgian Museum with signature of director and secretary on reverse, addressed to Vienna

1838, folded letter from Boston, dated 21.2., with Dutch red post mark "ROTTERDAM 25.3." and domestic tax "10" to Schiedam with arrival mark and handwritten forwarding agent endorsement "Mees & Moens" on reverse, fine

1847, 5 c. red-brown, clear to wide margins, tied by blue grid to lettersheet with adjacent blue oval "UTICA NY. JAN. 20" to New York; the entire little stained, otherwise fine, sign. Pfenninger and Alcuri

10 c. black, ample to large margins, tied by clear red grid to entire letter with adjacent "BOSTON 10 cts. / 31 JUL" (1847) to Logonsport, very fine, sign. Alcuri

10 c. black, just clear at top left, otherwise ample to good margins, tied by clear red grid to lettersheet with adjacent "PITTSBURGH MAY 23" (1849) to Philadelphia; cover folds not affecting the stamp, fine, sign. Ashbrook

1875, Taylor 5 c. blue, tied to small envelope via forwarding agent Munroe & Co. at Paris to Germany, in France additionally franked with 1876, 30 c. brown; small part of back flap missing, otherwise fine