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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 1423 |  |
 10c Brown (150).
Horizontal pair, tied by circle of wedges and "Yokohama, Japan Jul.
22" circular datestamp on 1871 folded cover to Burglen,
Switzerland, sender's oval handstamp, endorsed "via San Francisco
and New York", red "New York Paid All Aug. 22" circular datestamp,
Zurich and receiving backstamps, light horizontal file fold clear of
stamps, stamps with few trivial imperfections of no consequenceVERY FINE. A RARE USAGE FROM THE U.S. POST OFFICE IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, TO SWITZERLAND. The 20c postage pays 10c rate from Japan to the U.S. and 10c rate from the U.S. to Switzerland. (Image) |
E. 3,000-4,000 | 5,250.00 |
| 1424 |
 5c Blue (179). Bright
color, tied by New York Foreign Mail cancel (Ty. TR-W14a), red "New
York May 8" circular datestamp on cover to Yokohama, Japan, red
"Yokohama Paid All Jun. 7" double-circle datestamp, cover with tiny edge
tear at top left, Very Fine strike of this scarce cancel, only five covers
are recorded in the Weiss book (all to Europe), this cover is was unknown
at the time and is a better strike than any illustrated in the book (Image) |
E. 500-750 | 650.00 | |
| 1425 | |
 3c Green (158). Tied by
"X" cancels, neat "Columbus O. Jul. 6" circular datestamp on 3c Green
entire to Tokyo, Japan, well-struck magenta "Too Late" oval
handstamp, San Francisco and 1880 Yokohama backstamps, Very Fine, scarce
usage (Image) |
E. 300-400 | 500.00 |