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34th Auction - June 2016 - Auction | Lot: 119

Starting Price: 5.000 € | Hammer Price: 12.500 €

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1875, the 3rd recorded bird 45 sen cover: bird 45 Sen syll. 2, a top margin copy with 15 Sen syll. 3 and small cherry blossom 20 S. syll. 8 resp. koban 2 s. violet canc. intaglio "R" on registered cover endorsed "via Brindisi" w. octagonal "REGISTERED YOKOHAMA FEB 11 1882" alongside, to Kitzingen/Bavaria and fwd. to Linz/Austria. On reverse blue embossed seal of german consulate Yokohama. The rate of 82 Sen consists of, UPU via Brindisi 7th weight = 72 Sen (12 + 10s x6) + 10 Sen registration. - Addressee Theodor Weidenweber was an oyatoi (paid advisor) to the japanese government recorded in 1881 at the Tokyo-Koishikawa Artillery Arsenal. 45 Sen point thin and continues with closed tear 5 mm, 20 S. torn. Cover is rugged with creases and small tears, but complete. A new find, up to now only one foreign single and one inland mixed franking cover are recorded for Bava 45 S. bird. This is #3 and the only one of syll. 2 as well the only recorded mixed franking with the three other stamps including the 15 Sen bird syll. 3, which is a top cover rarity itself.

 

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