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1869: Line-Engraved 2 pence blue, plate 14, horizontal pair, ...更多
1869: Line-Engraved 2 pence blue, plate 14, horizontal pair, good
colour and perforations mostly fine, tied by duplex “A25 MALTA 9 JU
76”, to a mourning envelope, sent to Yokohama, Japan. Reverse, with
transit cds “HONG KONG - MARINE SORTER / SINGAPORE-TO HONG-KONG JY
15 17 76”. Envelope reduced slightly at top, flap missing and small
opening tear behind first stamp reinforced at back and second
adhesive perforations trimmed top right. A fine and rare example of
the “four pence” rate from Malta to Japan, used within the last
month this rate was valid. One of five examples known. Note: The
new GPU “India & Far East” rate of 8 pence began on 1 July 1876.
Remark: The addressee Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935) at this
date was teaching at the Imperial Naval Academy in Tokyo, he was
later a Professor at the Tokyo Imperial University, writing some of
the earliest translations of haiku into English.
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