cover 1875 (c.) large printed Official envelope (220x100mm.) of the "Imperial Japanese Post Office" to John A. Bingham, the U.S. Minister to Japan in Tokyo, bearing a splendid example of the 1875 Bird 12s. rose syllabic 1 from the upper right corner of a sheet, tied by small circular seal h.s.; envelope is defective and slightly stained at right. J.S.C.A. 25