cover 1876 (7 April) envelope from Paris to Yedo (Tokio) bearing Cérès 25c. blue horizontal strip of four (one with surface rub), showing (on reverse) Yokohama arrival c.d.s. (23 May) where a Japanese 1875 2s. drab was applied to pay the internal postage from Yokohama to Yedo; a framed black cachet of the Tokyo Artillery Factory, a translation for the Japanese Postal Authorities of the eventual destination, is alongside. Only four such covers entering the Japanese postal system and bearing Japanese adhesives to pay the internal postage are known. Holcombe Certificate (1983). Photo