cover 1874 envelope to Paris (24.12 arrival), bearing Japan 2s. yellow syllabic 2 singles (2, both with perfs trimmed on one side) cancelled by native c.d.s., in combination with France 1863-70 Laureated 30c. brown pair, 1870-71 Siege 40c. orange (2) and 1871-75 Ceres small figures 15c. bistre pair and large figures 30c. brown, cancelled by large figures "5118", showing matching "YOKOHAMA/JAPON" c.d.s. (9.11), Japanese f.a.c. and framed red "PD" adjacent; the French stamps have defects at top nevertheless a rare and unusual double rate internal franking.