1871, 500m. green blue on laid paper, unused without gum, vf, signed Schlesinger

JAPAN – FRANCE: 1863, entire letter, written on New Year's Eve, to Limbach, Saxony, endorsed "Via Triest", prepaid till Alexandria with "1/-" in red ink with adjacent red boxed "PAID"; on reverse transit mark "HONG-KONG JA 16 64" and delivery handstamp of February 13. On front Trieste handstamp "6" for the conveyance beyond Alexandria, to be paid by the recipient. A fine and rare Letter.

Provenance: Arnim Knapp (357. Heinrich Köhler – Auktion, 2014)

JAPAN – FRANCE: 1869, complete printed matter (silk report), dated 'Yokohama, 4th December, 1869' to Lyon, carried by forwarder to Alexandria and posted at the Austrian post office, to be conveyed by the "DAMPFSCHIFFAHRT – GESELLSCHAFT DES ÖSTERR. LLOYD" (marked with blue sticker on front" to Trieste, then via Italy with the so-called 'Summit temporary railway' (before opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel) to France with front side transit mark of St. Michel-Lans-le-Bourg. In France charged with "15" decimes total postage due. Several transit- and arrival marks on front and reverse. This is the only recorded letter via Trieste and the  'Summit temporary railway' from Japan to France or vice versa.

Provenance: Jun Ichi Matsumoto (illustrated in his book 'The French Post Office in Yokohama'

1875/1941, postfrische, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Sammlung, dabei auch Fälschungen.

1876/1940, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Sammlung mit diversen besseren Werten, dabei Mi.-Nr. 144-147 ungebraucht, dazu ein Teil Korea, diese teils sign. Eichhorn BPP, außerdem etwas Formosa und Jemen