Lot no. 1429

JAPAN: 1883, UPU-Koban 5 s. blue in vertical pair (lower right corner missing) with 1888, 10 s. brown, tied by cds. "TOKIO * JAPAN * 3 DEC 1889" to reverse of small registered envelope with frontside red "R" and adjacent violet "REGISTERED YOKOHAMA 10 DEC 1889" to Germany and re-directed to Athens with arrival marks, very unusual