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1875, Cherry Blossoms Changed colours, without ... continued...

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30274

1875,1 sen brown, two examples cancelled with "Zeifusoku" handstamp in red denoting insufficient postage, applied as postage due on 1 sen blue folded stationery card, cancelled by "Kiban" ne-14 from the Kobe P.O. (Settsu Province), addressed to a location near Amagasaki, with corresponding double type KG -.5.5 cds on reverse. Card with insect damage at bottom left and slightly reduced, with some very small tone spots. The address "Owari Province Chita District / Nishinoura Uchiumi" was located out of the Amagasaki regular delivery circuit, consequently it was underpaid by 1 sen for the delivery charge, so 2 sen had to be paid as postage due. A scarce usage. (JSCA ¥300,000).(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 500

SOLD for € 750.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

30275

40 (7, 8)

1875, 4 sen green, frame type I, choice group of five stamps including: plate 7, corner sheet-margin pair from positions 39-40 and cancelled with "Kiban" chi-1 handstamp of Kofu, and position 12, "underpetals missing of kiku crest", used with large Nagasaki cds; as well as plate 8, two examples, position 40 with corner sheet margins showing "Kiban" cancel, and position 13, with "incomplete engraving" plate variety. (JHES ¥137,000).(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10)

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Estimate. € 300

SOLD for € 460.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

30276

40 (7, 13)

1875, 4 sen green, two examples, one with frame type I originating from plate 7, perforation 10, unused without gum; the other, frame type II, plate 13, position 22, has large part original gum with small thin spot at top and faint crease. (JSCA ¥120,000).(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Estimate. € 200

SOLD for € 200.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

30277

40 (13)

1875, 4 sen green, frame type II, plate 13, position 24, impressively fresh, neatly showing an early non-standard postmark of Noda (Shimosa Province). Round corner at top right. A very good strike. Few non-standard postmarks have been reported to have been used on the 4 sen "butchi". (JHES ¥230,000).(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 300

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30278

40 (13, 14)

1875, 4 sen green, frame type II, choice group of four used stamps including: plate 13, pair with corner sheet margins from bottom right, positions 39 & 40, cancelled by "Kiban" chi-1 handstamp of Kofu (Kai Province); plate 14, two examples showing "crossroads" mute cancel used for foreign mail. A very fine group. (JHES ¥111,000).(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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Estimate. € 250

SOLD for € 240.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

30279

40 (14), 30 (21)

1875, 4 sen green, frame type II, plate 14, together with 2 sen yellow, syllabic 21 (na), both displaying sheet margin and used on reverse of registered cover to Gifu, tied by "Kiban" chi-1 handstamp of Kofu P.O. (Kai Province), struck below with type KG -.6.17 cds and similar type on arrival also alongside. The 4 sen paid the inland registration fee, in force in Meiji 8-9 (1875/76). Very fine.(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 250

SOLD for € 280.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

30280

1875, 4 sen deep grey-green, crossed branches "butchi", used on double weight folded wrapper from Nagasaki to Yokohama, carried by ship as treaty port mail, sent by L. Kniffler & Co. to its Yokohama branch, tied by large "Nagasaki Sep 23 2 P.M." cds, with framed vermillion "PAID ALL" circle, backstamped with "Yokohama Paid All Sep 28" cds in red. Small surface scuff in upper left corner of the stamp and rough separation at right. A very clean and fresh cover. (JHES ¥350,000). An extremely rare example of a Roman-Letter postmark on a domestic mail, as this type, according to the postal rules, had to be applied on mail sent abroad only. Provenance: Michael Eugene Ruggiero (Dynasty Auctions, 13.4.2014, lot 2872)(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 1,500

SOLD for € 5,000.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

1875, Cherry Blossoms Changed colours/sizes, wi...

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30281

41-48

1875, 1/2 sen, 4 sen, 6 sen, 10 sen, 20 sen and 30 sen, the complete set exhibiting each with ink-dot specimen mark ("sumiten"), all affixed to page of Government Notification No. 16 reading: "Among these postage stamps (1/2 -30 sen) seven kinds per samples at left have been revised, which is notified hereby. But the gluing and acceptance of formerly received items is not to be stopped / Meiji 8.2.4 / Chancellor of the Realm Sanjo Tsunetomi"; in the second sentence indicating that previous issues were still valid. (JSCA ¥200,000). Note: On 10 October 1874, the Ministry of the Treasury Printing Bureau suggested to change the colours of the stamps. Ekytei-ryo agreed it, so on 12 November 1874 the Government decided to change colours and new stamps were issued on 4 February 1875.(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 300

SOLD for € 600.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

30282

41 (3)

1875, 1/2 sen black, syllabic 2 (ro), plate1, perforation 11s:11, complete sheet of 40, good centring displaying complete designs, sheet margins all around, with original gum and the vast majority never hinged. Very fine and fresh. (JSCA ¥220,000).(Image 1)

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Estimate. € 600

SOLD for € 1,100.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

30283

41 (3)

1875, 1/2 sen black, syllabic 3 (ha), plate 2, an irregular block of four, positions 17 / 25 / 33-34, displaying corner sheet margins, tied by "Katsukawa" type KG double circle (Owari Province), on large cover (reduced at top) to Okazaki (Mikawa Province). Dated by the sender on reverse on Meiji 14.5.25 (25.5.1881), with on reverse type N2B2 of Nagoya cds on 25th May. The blocks features the "missing stroke in character yu" plate variety in position 33 (JSCA (3)-v-2-33). This corner multiple scarcely exhibits the "tonbo" lines (sheet cutting guidelines) on the selvedge.(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 250

SOLD for € 700.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

30284

42 (5)

1875, 1 sen brown, syllabic 5 (ho), position 33, wove western wove paper, good centring, hinged with original gum. Slight gum corner crease at lower left not detracting from the great freshness. (JSCA ¥75,000).(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 150

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30285

42 (7)

THE UNUSED PLATE VARIETY OF 1 SEN SYLLABIC 7 1875, 1 sen brown, syllabic 7 (to), wove western paper, position 40 possessing typical positional pinhole in bottom left corner (type D), exhibiting the plate variety consisting in "left panel with kanji sen featuring lower stroke missing at right", with original gum lightly hinged. Very fine. Cert. Florian Eichhorn BPP (2023). One of just five to seven examples recorded of this syllabic in unused condition -including one in a museum. This stamp, in contrast to the others, exhibits a prominent plate variety (JSCA 42 (7)v-x-40); the JSCA catalogue indicates this variety to be featured in position 40, confirmed by this example with type D pinhole position at lower left, being only possible in the bottom right corner of the sheet. (JSCA ¥4,500,000 without the plate variety and unpriced "-" with the plate flaw; Michel €40,000+). Our census of 5 out of 7 known (according to Yamada Yuji seven are recorded, but we could only confirm five): -The example presented here -Centred to left, illustrated by Dr. Ichida in his 1965 handbook on page 281, in the Yigal Nathaniel collection (ex Ollerstad -"Swedish Sailor Stamp"-, Dr. Ichida and Shirai) -Centred to bottom, thinned and left corner defective, in the Ota Katsumi collection (ex Woodward) -Centred to left, in the Kanai collection (The Philatelic Culture Museum), presumably being the other "Swedish Sailor Stamp" which formed the pair (together with the above-mentioned example in the Nathaniel collection), in the Bertil Ollerstad collection -Centred to right, sheet margin at right, illustrated in the vol. 2 of "Gallery of Japanese Stamps", ex Fukuhara(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Estimate. € 30,000

SOLD for € 30,000.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

30286

42 (8)

THE FINEST UNUSED EXAMPLE EXTANT OF ONLY SIX 1 SEN SYLLABIC 8 RECORDED 1875, 1 sen brown, syllabic 8 (chi), wove western paper, the spectacular example from the lower right corner of the sheet, position 40 displaying sheet margins, with the design intact, untouched by the perforations, possessing very fresh original gum which is slightly cracked and with a very slight hinge mark. A magnificent example. Cert. Florian Eichhorn BPP (2023). One of the "Swedish Sailor Stamps", the finest unused example recorded of this stamp, unique with corner sheet margins. Six examples of this stamp are known, with only five in private hands. (JSCA ¥6,500,000; Michel €60,000). Note on the "Swedish Sailor Stamps": The stock of "Cherry Blossom" 1 sen brown, syllabics 7 and 8, were only used for postal purposes and not exported to foreign stamp dealers or sold to local philatelists, hence why so few are unused examples are recorded. In 1939, the auction sale of the Woodward collection included one unused example of each syllabic. In the 1958 auction sale of the Caspary collection, the syllabic 8 from the Woodward collection re-emerged. When in the early 1960s the collection of Mr. Bertil Ollerstad was auctioned, it was a great sensation to find two "extremely fresh" pairs with full gum of both syllabics (ex-singles illustrated in Dr. Ichida's handbook of 1965 on page 281) . These were soon separated into singles and went into the collections of Dr. Ichida and a U.S. collector (reference by Dr. Ichida, 1965 as above.). In 1958, Bertil Ollerstad privately published his book "Handbok över Japans äldre frimärken" (Swedish, 61 pages), which displayed illustrations of items from his collection, including these stamps. Due to the language and its nature as private publication, this discovery did not become widely known. Once "The Ollerstad Find" became public, research was undertaken. It appears that these pairs were provided by Mr. Ollerstad's grandfather, who was a sailor onboard a Swedish ship which called at Yokkaichi (Japan) in the summer of 1875. He probably bought these pairs as souvenir at the local post office. By 2023, the number of recorded unused copies still stands at seven for syllabic 7 (to), and six for syllabic 8 (chi). Provenance: Bertil Ollerstad Dr. Ichida Soichi Shirai Tsugumi Our Census: -The example presented here -Centred to bottom left with few tone spots, position 10, in the Ota Katsumi collection -Centred to left, sheet margin at right, position 24, in the Kanai Hiroyuki collection (The Philatelic Culture Museum) -Centred to left, position 32, being the stamp which formed a pair with the corner example offered here, but in the position 32 the sheet margin was removed, Yigal Nathaniel collection (ex Ollerstad and Dr. Ichida) -Centred to bottom ("thinned, rather badly in place"), unknown position, ex Woodward and Caspary (lots 736 and 521 respectively, the latter not illustrated) -Centred to bottom right, unknown position, illustrated in the "Gallery of Japanese Stamps" (vol. 2, 1990, page 135), ex Fukuhara(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate. € 40,000

SOLD for € 55,000.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

30287

42 (12)

1875, 1 sen brown, syllabic 12 (wo), wove western paper, well centred for this stamp, hinged with original gum. Very fine and scarce. (JSCA ¥300,000).(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 800

SOLD for € 750.00
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30288

43 (1)

1874, 4 sen deep blue green, syllabic 1 (i), two very fresh examples applied on reverse of registered cover to Tokyo, tied by two clear strikes of Kiban "te-6" (Hanamaki P.O. Rikuchu province), with associated non-standard "Rikuchu Province / Hanamaki" framed circle below, and N2B2 Tokyo 10.3.3 cds (Gregorian March 3, 1877) upon arrival at top. Cover slightly reduced at base. A scarce and appealing usage.(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 500

SOLD for € 600.00
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30289

,O,

43 (1, 2, 3)

1875, 4 sen blue green, complete exhibition page including syllabic 1 (i), plate 1, bottom right corner mint example with sheet margins; plate 2, three used examples from positions 1, 13 and 19; syllabic 2(ro) on thicker wove paper comprising three, unused without gum, on piece with large vermilion "Yokohama Paid All" cds alongside, and lower left corner-sheet marginal example (thinned) from plate 1 position 33 ("tonbo" in margins) cancelled by "Kiban" Wakamatsu; as well as syllabic 3 (ha) with five stamps, including mint plate 1 position 33 on porous paper, three used singles (plates 1, 2 and 3), and one pair with "Kiban" handstamp of Yoich (Shiribeshi Province). (JSCA ¥190,000).(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7)

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Estimate. € 300

SOLD for € 360.00
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30290

44 (11)

1875, 6 sen orange, syllabic ru (11), tied by small size intaglio cross to folded letter endorsed "Pr Nevada" to Shanghai, accompanied by neat "Yokohama Jul 31 Paid All" in red, with oval merchant's cachet "Ziegler & Co. Yokohama (Japan)" at lower left, blue Shanghai Local Post receiving cds on reverse. The earlier of just two documented examples of 6 sen orange single franking used to pay the 6 sen foreign letter rate to China; the other cover with a 6 sen single sent to the same address, bears a different syllabic: nu (10), and it was used on August 14 (Chiba Shinichi collection). A third cover with this rate is also known, but with a different franking and not originating from the Peil correspondence. Note: The 6 sen postal rate was into force from January 1875 to March 1876 on mail sent to Shanghai, according to the U.S.-Japan Postal Treaty of 1875; this 6 sen fee was subsequently reduced to 5 sen. The "Nevada" steamship was covering the Shanghai branch line of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Provenance: Pigeron auction (Nov. 1995, lot 4171), sold for FF18,800 and bought at this auction by the Paris stamp dealer Larocha; parts of the "Peil" archive was sold by the French dealer Xavier Pigeron.(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 10,000

SOLD for € 16,000.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

30291

44 (15)

ONE OF JUST SEVEN 6 SEN SYLLABIC 15 (YO) IN EXISTENCE 1875, 6 sen dull orange, privately made plates, syllabic 15 (yo), the so called "Tamaroku Yo", Ichida serial number 36, with cancellation skillfully removed. Well centred within narrow margins. Stamp backed on reverse and with upper perforation added, although the design was complete prior to this repair, this does not undermine the stamp as all but one of the examples known have faults. Cert. Florian Eichhorn BPP (2023). The only example of the seven syllabic "yo" recorded resembling an unused example. A great gem of Japanese philately. (JSCA unpriced; JHES ¥18,000,000; Michel €250,000). Note: This example is registered as Ichida serial no. 36, in Dr. Ichida Soichi's "Sumiroku" monograph on the 6 sen violet-brown native paper (1968), as the 6 sen orange syllabic 15 was produced with the same plate used for the 6 sen violet-brown native paper , this enabling a tentative serial number to be given. Other Ichida serial numbers are indicated in the census of examples recorded below. Provenance (the previous references as originating from the Peplow and Caspary collections can not be proven): A. M. Tracey Woodward (H. R. Harmer, London, 26-28.6.1939, lot 785) King Carol II of Romania Census -based on 1968 Dr. Ichida Soichi's monograph on "Sumiroko" and on Yoshida Takashi's " 'YO' of Egg-brown-6; The New Discovery, 7th found" article included in the "Philatelic Journal" (2012, pages 147-148 published by Stampedia)-: -A bit centred to top, used with negative postmark (Ichida serial no. 1), ex Caspary -Centred to lower left, red postage-due usage (Ichida serial no. 1) -Centred a bit to left, red postage-due usage (Ichida serial no. 7), sold for ¥8,500,000 in 1991 (JPS auction) -Centred a bit to left, red postage-due usage (Ichida serial no. 28), (see following lot) -Centred to top right, used with negative postmark, pinhole type D, the only example faultless (Ichida serial no. 33) -The example presented here (Ichida serial no. 36) -Centred to lower left, red postage-due usage (Ichida serial no. 37)(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate. € 50,000

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30292

44 (15)

ONE OF JUST SEVEN 6 SEN SYLLABIC 15 RECORDED 1875, 6 sen dull orange, privately made plates, syllabic 15 (yo), the so called "Tamaroku Yo", quite well centred within virtually complete to ample margins on three sides, just partly touched at left, in an outstandingly intense deep colour and strong impression, cancelled by red brush cross used to denote postage due. A few perforations at top are thinned on reverse, small surface scuff and partly separated with scissors at bottom, these being of no significance, as all but one of the examples known have faults. Cert. Florian Eichhorn BPP (2023). One of just seven examples of this stamp are recorded. Of all the examples extant, this exhibits the most intense colour, thus augmenting the desirability of this great rarity. To be significantly considered is that just one of the seven examples recorded is faultless. A great gem of Japanese philately. (JSCA unpriced; JHES ¥18,000,000; Michel €250,000). Census -based on 1968 Dr. Ichida Soichi's monograph on "Sumiroko" and on Yoshida Takashi's " 'YO' of Egg-brown-6; The New Discovery, 7th found" article included in the "Philatelic Journal" (2012, pages 147-148 published by Stampedia)-: -A bit centred to top, used with negative postmark (Ichida serial no. 1), ex Caspary -Centred to lower left, red postage-due usage (Ichida serial no. 1) -Centred a bit to left, red postage-due usage (Ichida serial no. 7), sold for ¥8,500,000 in 1991 (JPS auction) -The example presented here (Ichida serial no. 28) -Centred to top right, used with negative postmark, pinhole type D, the only example faultless (Ichida serial no. 33) -Centred to top with cancellation erased (see previous lot), (Ichida serial no. 36), ex King Carol II and Woodward) -Centred to lower left, red postage due usage (Ichida serial no. 37)(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate. € 80,000

SOLD for € 120,000.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

30293

45 (22)

1875, 6 sen dull orange, Government made plate, syllabic 22 (ra), porous cotton paper, very attractive as a result of its vivid shade and crisp impression, unused without gum. A rare and very fresh example in delightful condition. Cert. Florian Eichhorn BPP (2023). (JSCA ¥850,000).(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate. € 1,500

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