1874, 4 sen carmine rose, foreign paper, frame type II, plate 14, perforation 11, position 8, positional pinhole at top right, usual centring, unused mounted mint. Very fresh and scarce. (JSCA ¥130,000, Mi.12bz, €1,000). (Image)

1874, 4 sen rose, frame type I (plate 8), perforation 12 1/2, usual centring, hinged with part original gum. An attractive example displaying an unusually clear impression. (JSCA ¥130,000). (Image)

1874, 4 sen rose, western paper, trio of singles used including plate 8 with blue asterisk of Yokohama (Nishino-type Y5E, thin) and pos. 25 with black crossroads of Hyogo (Nishino-type HG75A); plate 14 pos. 23 with large double cross in blue of Yokohama, Nishino-type YH75D. Two of the stamps are in fine condition. (JSCA ¥113,000; Michel 12 bz, €1,220). (Image)

1874, 30 sen grey, without syllabic, cancelled by foreign mail "crossroads" type, probably from Nagasaki Nishino-type NS77. In fine condition with official pinhole at top left, typically found in the plate position 1. A very rare foreign paper example without syllabic. (JSCA ¥1.250.000; Michel 15z €11,000). (Image)