FRENCH POST OFFICES IN YOKOHAMA
cover 1874 envelope (with original enclosure) to Paris (15.8) redirected to St. Valery-en-Caux (16.8 arrival), bearing Japan 1s. blue pair syllabic 2 to pay internal postage and cancelled by native c.d.s., and France 1870-71 Siege 40c. orange pair and single, and 1871-75 Siege 5c. green strip of three and pairs (2), two stamps creased, 25c. blue and 80c. carmine, cancelled by large figures "5118" with matching "YOKOHAMA/JAPON" c.d.s. (23.6), Japanese f.a.c., "PAQ. ANG. V. BRIND./A MOD" c.d.s. (14.8) and framed "PD" both in red adjacent. A rare and spectacular four colour combination franking of the highest exhibition calibre.
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cover 1874 envelope (with original enclosure) to Paris (15.8) redirected to St. Valery-en-Caux (16.8 arrival), bearing Japan 1s. blue pair syllabic 2 to pay internal postage and cancelled by native c.d.s., and France 1870-71 Siege 40c. orange pair and single, and 1871-75 Siege 5c. green strip of three and pairs (2), two stamps creased, 25c. blue and 80c. carmine, cancelled by large figures "5118" with matching "YOKOHAMA/JAPON" c.d.s. (23.6), Japanese f.a.c., "PAQ. ANG. V. BRIND./A MOD" c.d.s. (14.8) and framed "PD" both in red adjacent. A rare and spectacular four colour combination franking of the highest exhibition calibre.