379th Auction

1871, 500m. green blue on laid paper, unused without gum, vf, signed Schlesinger

JAPAN – FRANCE: 1863, entire letter, written on New Year's Eve, to Limbach, Saxony, endorsed "Via Triest", prepaid till Alexandria with "1/-" in red ink with adjacent red boxed "PAID"; on reverse transit mark "HONG-KONG JA 16 64" and delivery handstamp of February 13. On front Trieste handstamp "6" for the conveyance beyond Alexandria, to be paid by the recipient. A fine and rare Letter.

Provenance: Arnim Knapp (357. Heinrich Köhler – Auktion, 2014)

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, thence by the regular post via Italy to France. In France charged with "15" decimes total postage due. Several transit- and arrival marks on front and reverse. This is the only recorded printed matter via Trieste from Japan to France or visa versa.

JAPAN (BRITISH PO) – AUSTRIA: 1871, entire letter from the Forwarding Agency Gütschow & Co. at Yokohama, franked with Hongkong 1863/71, 12 c. pale greenish blue, tied by clear blue "Y1" with matching reverse "YOKOHAMA JA 14 71", to Vienna with transit mark of Hongkong and red arrival mark. The letter was part paid till Alexandria; for the conveyance to Vienna charged with "15" new kreuzer, to be paid by the recipient.

1875/1941, postfrische, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Sammlung, dabei auch Fälschungen.

1876/1940, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Sammlung mit diversen besseren Werten, dabei Mi.-Nr. 144-147 ungebraucht, dazu ein Teil Korea, diese teils sign. Eichhorn BPP, außerdem etwas Formosa und Jemen