Japan 1872-76, specialized Cherry Blossom collection. A lovely mint & used specialized collection mounted in one album, showing shades, cancels, plate varieties, etc., all neatly identified & written up, mainly used with many very attractive cancels, plus a few of the lower values on card or cover, better items include 15 used & one mint #14, two used #15, one used 17, one used #24, 15 used & one mint #33, one used #35, three used & one mint #36, seven used #38, six used #39, 13 used #45 & two used with syllabic #5, six used #46 including two syllabic #3, nine used #47, fifteen used #49, five used #50 including one syllabic #3, nine used #52, twelve used #54A, etc., mixed condition & the badly defective stamps not counted, a great lot for the specialist, worth careful inspection. Scott $13,700+  Estimate $7,500 - 10,000. $0 (Image)