Lot 2003
2003
cover GENSAN: 1888 (4 July) flimsy envelope registered from the battleship 'Iwaki' to Nagasaki bearing a horizontal pair of first issue Koban 4s. blue-green tied by superb strikes of the Gensan double-ring c.d.s. with a further strike alongside and showing the arrival backstamp; there is some worm damage to the cover, a scarce rate. Photo
Double Circle c.d.s. Type JN3
cover GENSAN: 1888 (4 July) flimsy envelope registered from the battleship 'Iwaki' to Nagasaki bearing a horizontal pair of first issue Koban 4s. blue-green tied by superb strikes of the Gensan double-ring c.d.s. with a further strike alongside and showing the arrival backstamp; there is some worm damage to the cover, a scarce rate. Photo

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cover GENSAN: 1888 (4 July) flimsy envelope registered from the battleship 'Iwaki' to Nagasaki bearing a horizontal pair of first issue Koban 4s. blue-green tied by superb strikes of the Gensan double-ring c.d.s. with a further strike alongside and showing the arrival backstamp; there is some worm damage to the cover, a scarce rate. Photo