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1871, Dragons mon unit, imperforate continued...
Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening
30014 O 2I image1871, 100 mon dark steel-blue, plate 1, earliest printing, very fresh possessing very good and even margins all around, showing a very fine strike of the upper part of large "Kensazumi" handstamp with three characters in seal script (Tensho), also known as "Eguchi type". A superb example with this very rare cancellation. Note: The "Eguchi" type cancellation, named after the philatelist and author Eguchi, is a local variety of the three-character "Kensazumi" handstamp in Reisho script, up to now confirmed to be used in Saikyo and Osaka only. It is assumed that, due to the increasing number of mail in the first week of issue, the "ekiteiryo" (G.P.O.) of Osaka branch office manufactured two extra postmark devices Reisho script in the first week of Meiji 4.3, which clearly differed in character style from the standard type distributed in Meiji 4.2. The three recorded covers confirm the usage of these additional postmarks during the period of Meiji between 4.3.7 and 4.4.7; Eguchi mentioned them for the first time in his classic "Early Meiji period postmarks of Japan", although back in the 1950s nobody believed these to be genuine. (See the recent work by Yamazaki Yoshiyuki: "Dragon Stamps Plating Book", Tokyo (Narumi) 2017, pages. 101-103). Provenance: Eguchi H.(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate. € 1,000

SOLD for € 800.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30015 O 2I image1871, 100 mon dark steel-blue, plate 1, earliest printing, a magnificent and fresh example displaying large balanced margins on all sides, cleanly cancelled by large "Kensazumi" three-characters postmark. Most desirable in this outstanding condition. (JHES ¥150,000).(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate. € 400

SOLD for € 400.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30016 O 2I image1871, 100 mon dark steel-blue, plate 1, earliest printing, position 11, strong colour, full to very large margins, neatly cancelled by large "Kensazumi" three-characters postmark. A desirable example exhibiting the typical sharp impression of the earliest printings and enabling a well detailed design to be admired. (JHES ¥150,000).(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 300

SOLD for € 380.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30017 2I image1871, 100 mon dark steel-blue, plate 1, earliest printing, a large margined example boasting a very unusual intense shade, tied to piece by the "head portion" of large "Kensazumi" postmark featuring three characters in Reisho script hs to piece. An extremely fine and unusual earliest-printing example, further enhanced by the rare "Eguchi" type cancellation (only three covers recorded).(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 750

SOLD for € 900.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30018 2I image1871, 100 mon blue, wove paper, plate 1, position 35, mainly very large margins, glowing colour, tied to piece by a clear strike of framed seal-style (tensho) postmark from Iwamuro P.O. in the province of Kawachi, rare partial "Iwamuro..." framed hs adjacent. Cert. Philatelic Museum Foundation (2008).(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 500

SOLD for € 550.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30019 O, 2I image1871, 100 mon blue, plate1, block of four from positions 5-6 / 13-14, excellent and balanced margins all around, deep shade and clear impression, showing the "head portion" of large "Tokyo-Kensazumi" hs. Very fine and rare. (JSCA ¥300'000).(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 600

SOLD for € 1,900.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30020 2I image1871, 100 mon dark steel-blue, plate 1, earliest printing, position 6, very good impression, wide margins all around, used on reverse of Meiji 4.3.9 (29 April 1871) folded envelope from Maisaka (Totomi Province) to Futagawa (Mikawa Province), tied by large "Kensazumi" handstamp with three characters in regular script (Kaisho), which was used in the post offices and agencies east of Atsuta and Nagoya ("East Zone"). Includes original letter dated 3rd month 9th day, sent by the Maisaka postmaster to the Futagawa postmaster. This cover was dispatched eight days after establishment of postal services in Japan. Envelope with some insect damage not affecting the franking. Cert. Philatelic Museum Foundation (2014). It is also included a letter written by the Maisaka postal agent and addressed to another postal agent in Futagawa. This document ads an additional degree of rarity, as this is a rare feature encountered in this period. Nine covers and three cover fronts are documented bearing the large "Kensazumi" in Kaisho script; this is the earliest recorded date for a cover with Kaisho script postmark, together with a cover front from Toyohashi. A very early postal history example on the ninth day of the establishment of Japanese postal services (1871). Illustrated on page 86 of the 2017 "Dragon Stamps Plating Book" by Yamazaki Yoshiyuki (JHES ¥6,000,000).(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Estimate. € 25,000

SOLD for € 25,000.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30021 2I image1871, 100 mon dark steel-blue, plate 1, earliest printing, position 26, well margined except for being touched in a very small place at right, rich colour, tied by large "Kensazumi" handstamp featuring three characters in clerical script (Reisho) and used in the West Zone, on cover from Otsu to Minakuchi, both in Omi Province. Manuscript date unclear, although presumably during the week after the establishment of postal services in Japan. Cover opened for display, backed up with two small portions of paper missing. Illustrated on page 96 in the "Dragon Stamps Plating Book" by Yamazaki published in 2017. Cert. Philatelic Federation of Japan. Cert. Philatelic Federation of Japan (2000). Sixteen covers are documented to exist with this desirable cancellation in Reisho, half of them exhibiting a neat strike. (See the recent work by Yamazaki Yoshiyuki: "Dragon Stamps Plating Book", Tokyo (Narumi) 2017, pages. 101-103). Provenance: Takahashi private treaty 2001, used for the title page illustration (estimated at ¥4,800,000 = €35'000)(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 20,000

SOLD for € 20,000.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30022 2I image1871, 100 mon blue, plate 1, position 6, applied on reverse of small Western-style envelope to Yokohama, tied by head portion of large "Tokyo (Kensazumi)" hs, showing framed red "(year of) Water Monkey ... Moon 15th Day/Tokyo P. O." (Gregorian spring 1872) datestamp alongside. Harmless filing fold through centre well clear of the franking. Mon Dragon covers used between foreign residents are rare. Note on the date: The practice of using the head of the cancellation only went into force when the G.P.O. ordered the cutting-off of the bottom three characters of the large place name-kensazumis handstamps; according to Mr. Tejima, the head-portion usage periods for Tokyo are: Meiji 5.2.1-5.4.2 (the first period of usage) and Meiji 5.7.14-7.28 (the second period of usage, being shorter); the framed datestamp in red was only used from Meiji 5.4 to 5.4. Consequently, this allow us to date the cover within the earlier period. Note on the addresses: The cover was addressed to "R. B. Baker Esqr. No 78" in Yokohama, and sent by "Tsukiji / Loureiro". The sender, Eduardo Loureiro, was the Portuguese consul for Kanagawa and Yedo residing in the Tokyo-Tsukiji foreign concession, while the addressee Mr. Baker was the manager of the Chartered Mercantile Bank.(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 1,500

SOLD for € 2,800.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30023 2I, 3I image1871, 100 mon dark steel-blue, plate 1, earliest printing, vertical pair from positions 5 & 13 and single from position 24, together with with 200 mon vermilion, plate 1, position 31 featuring retouched "Missing Arm", all well margined, used on reverse of cover from Shizuoka (Suruga Province) to Yokohama, tied by large "Shizuoka Kensazumi" framed handstamp. Manuscript date 5th moon 8th day ( Gregorian 25 June 1871). The 500 mon rate corresponded to the first postal period, Meiji 4.3.1-4.12.4. A very appealing and scarce first-issue combination cover. Provenance: Maurice Burrus (Kanai Stamp Co., 12.10.1963, lot 89) Dr. Tani Takashi(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 3,000

SOLD for € 6,500.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30024 DE 2II image1871, 100 mon blue, plate 2, position 18 featuring the prominent "Right Dragon Arm Missing" variety, close but clear margins at left, good to large in other respects, unused without gum as issued. Cert. Florian Eichhorn BPP (2023). (JSCA 2v-2-18, ¥2,000,000). As a result of the detailed impression and rich shade, a very fine example of this very rare and desirable variety. Note: This striking omission in the dragon design was never retouched, as evidenced by the reappearance of this error in the 1 sen dragon plate 2. The high catalogue value of this error in the JSCA catalogue clearly reflects the rarity of this variety and the very low number issued of the 100 mon plate 2 in comparison with the 1872 1 sen blue with the same error, as the former is priced over eighteen times higher.(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Estimate. € 5,000

SOLD for € 5,000.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30025 O 2II image1871, 100 mon blue, plate 2, position 26, with the right dragon's hair retouched variety, full margins all around, lightly cancelled. Paper adherence's on reverse and thinned. (JSCA 2v-2-26, ¥400,000). According to Lois M. Evans-de Violini, only nine examples of this variety are recorded, of which five are in used condition.(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate. € 500

SOLD for € 1,500.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30026 O,,DE 2II image1871, 100 mon blue, plate 2, complete sheet reconstruction of 40, made up of 17 positions unused, including two remarkable blocks of four and five, and 23 used single stamps, with the highlights being the prominent varieties "missing arm" in position 18, "missing chin" in position 25, "retouched hair" in position 26 and "missing raimon" at left in position 36, as well as an uncommon red handstamp cancel in position 14. Generally well margined choice examples. Considering the scarcity of the second plate of the 100 mon, this is an extraordinary reconstruction that would be extremely difficult to duplicate. No full sheets exist in private hands (the only example recorded is in the Kanai collection in The Philatelic Culture Museum, ex Woodward and Levy. (JSCA ca. ¥5,000,000).(Image 1)

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Estimate. € 10,000

SOLD for € 14,000.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30027 2II image1871, 100 mon dark blue, plate 2, position 29, strong colour and impression, barely touching at right, otherwise well margined, tied by the "head portion" of large "Fushimi (Kensazumi)" hs to reverse of cover (opened for display) from Fushimi to Osaka, with handwritten date 6th moon 7th day, showing above arrival "(year of) Water Monkey 6th Moon ... Day" (Gregorian early July of 1872) ds in red. An appealing and scarce second-plate single franking. (JSCA ¥600,000). Note: According to the official order of Meiji 4.12, the large Kensazumi postmarks were instructed to be applied with the name of the place only. Provenance: Kobayashi auction (Philanippon 2001, lot 13, sold for ¥500,000 = €3,500)(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 2,000

SOLD for € 2,600.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30028 , 2II image1871, 100 mon dark blue, plate 2, vertical block of ten, positions 6-7 / 14-15 / 22-23 / 30-31 / 38-39, and horizontal pair from positions 4 & 5, both showing an outstandingly precise impression and being well margined, with only one position touched at right in the block, tied to large piece of cover by eleven strikes of framed "Ken" of Tokyo, with ms. date 10.19 adjacent, and framed arrival "Osaka Post Office (year of) Water Monkey 10th Moon 23rd Day" (Gregorian Nov. 19 resp. 23, 1872), both struck in black. Very fine and visually impressive. Cert. Florian Eichhorn BPP (2023). The used blocks of the second plate of this value are extremely scarce, and this unique bllock is the second largest recorded, the largest being a block of twelve (also unique) on cover (in the Yigal Nathaniel collection). ( JSCA ¥1'000'000 for a used block of four). Provenance: Robert Levy (Robson Lowe, 18.11.1964, lot 97, "probably unique") Lois M. Evans-de Violini (Dynasty auctions, 6.8.2011, lot 1517)(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate. € 10,000

SOLD for € 20,000.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30029 DE 3I image1871, 200 mon vermilion, plate 1, early printing, position 18, clear margins and rare very sharp impression, unused without gum as issued. Extremely fine. (JSCA ¥100,000).(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 200

SOLD for € 460.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30030 DE 3I image1871, 200 mon vermilion, plate 1, position 22, three examples showing the three states of plate condition: pre-damaged (clearly revealing an early printing), damaged and retouched, all well margined and unused without gum. (JHES ¥420,000). Note: In the later stage of the printing of the 200 mon values, some positions of dragon plate were damaged. The damages in positions 22, 26 and 30 were serious, therefore these positions were repaired by retouching.(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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Estimate. € 800

SOLD for € 1,400.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30031 DE 3I image1871, 200 mon vermilion, plate 1, early to intermediate printing, position 31 displaying the striking "left dragon's arm missing" variety, clear impression and uniformly large balanced margins all around, unused without gum as issued, very fine. Cert. Florian Eichhorn BPP (2023) A choice example of this important variety, of which only six are recorded in unused condition. (JSCA 3-v-1-31, cat. ¥2,000,000).(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Estimate. € 7,000

SOLD for € 16,000.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30032 ,DE 3I image1871, 200 mon vermillion, plate 1, block of four, positions 10-11 / 18-19, showing the constant varieties "Missing Fingers" (pos. 11) and "Bald Dragon" (pos. 19), clear to predominantly very large margins, intense colour, unused without gum as issued. Natural paper creasing not detracting. (JSCA ¥250,000).(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate. € 800

SOLD for € 1,400.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM
30033 ,DE 3I image1871, 200 mon vermilion, plate I, intermediate printing, vertical block of eight, positions 3-4 / 11-12 / 19-20 / 27-28, including position 11 displaying "dragon nails missing" variety and position 19 with "dragon hair missing" variety, possessing good to large margins, unused without gum as issued. A very fine multiple of great visual appeal as a result of its radiant vivid colour and scarcity.(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate. € 2,000

SOLD for € 8,000.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

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