1864, Kanagawa: entire folded letter with Yokohama 27th June 1864 dateline to Lyons/France with anglo-french accountancy marking "GB/1F22 4/10 C." (van der Linden No. 1589) and on reverse blue "HONG KONG C MY 10 64". with vermilion Marseilles entry marking. Blue oval company hs. "CARST. LELS & Co. KANAGAWA (JAPAN), full two page letter plus extra page inserted.
Public auction #38
By: Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG
Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG Public auction #38
The 38th Christoph Gärtner auction October 10+11th and 16th - 20th, 2017 is an outstanding offer with more than 40.000 lots is on line.
The auction schedule as follows:
October 10 - 11, 2017 / coins & banknotes
World bank notes
Germany bank notes
October 16 - 20, 2017 / philately & picture postcards including:
Asia, Europe, Thematics, Overseas, Germany and picture post cards
Sale Terms
Lot #8387 - Japan
1871, dragons 48 mon brown pl. II pos. 27 (CV "plate crack") on native wove paper, all sides full to large margins (Michel cat. 650.-)
Lot #8388 - Japan
1871, dragons 200 mon vermilion pl. 1 on native laid paper pos. pos. 30 with left dragon in damaged (pre-retouch) state, top left corner repair, JHES 120.ooo Yen.
Lot #8389 - Japan
1871, dragons 200 mon yellowish orange plate II pos. 6 on native laid paper, all sides full to large margins, unused no gum as issued. A choice copy of this rarity.
Lot #8390 - Japan
1874, 6 S. violet brown native quadrille laid paper syll. he (6) with inkdot-specimen (sumiten) still with gum and partially on paper, clean condition (JHES 350.000 Yen for sumiten).
Lot #8391 - Japan
1874, cherry blossoms 4 S. rose syll. 1 canc. crossroads of Hiogo and traces of red paid all/SF daters, clean condition, a showpiece, signed Köhler (Michel cat. 850.-)
Lot #8392 - Japan
1874, cherry blossoms 4 S. syll. 1 used FM killer, tiny thin on reverse, signed Pfenninger (Michel cat. 850.-)
Lot #8393 - Japan
Japan, 1874, 4 S. rosine syll. 1 canc. Kiban ne-14 (Kobe), interesting switch of perf. comb mark vertically, signed Thier
Lot #8394 - Japan
1875, birds eagle 45 S. syll. 3 used foreign mail intaglio cross of Nagasaki, signed Krüger (Michel cat. 720.-)
Lot #8395 - Japan
1875, 10 S. ultramarine syll. 4, a vertical pair with Koban 2 S. olive (another copy may be missing) canc. red brush as postage due on cover Osaka to Tokyo, Ministry of Interior. On reverse senders frank Koban 2 S. olive horizontal strip-3 with damaged killer marking and KB1 Osaka -.9.25 alongside, arrival "Tokyo 9.9.28" (September 28, 1876). On front red vertical "postage due" and handwritten "letter postage". Unusual inland usage of the 10...
Lot #8396 - Japan
1872, 20 s. carmine-rose used on registered cover (front only) from "TOKIO 27.MAY.1882" with adjacent violett registered mark "YOKOHAMA REGISTERED MAY 27.1882" via Paris to Bordeaux, rare
1875, 20 S. karminrosa Einzelfrankatur auf Briefvorderseite als Einschreiben 1882 nach Frankreich, kleiner K1 TOKIO und viol. Stpl. REGISTERED YOKOHAMA, obwohl nur Vorderseite, trotzdem Seltenheit
Lot #8397 - Japan
1876, the green TOKEI cover: old Koban 5 S. brown horizontal pair canc. small green flower of Tokyo with large early FM dater in green "TOKEI 30 DEC - JAPAN" alongside on double weight cover via "YOKOHAMA PAID ALL DEC 31" to Chicago/USA, backstamps Yokohama Dec. 30, San Francisco Jan. 18 and violet arrival Chicago Jan. 23. Cover minor creasing, the earliest known date of the green TOKEI postmark and a rare example with only a few covers known...
Lot #8398 - Japan
1876. Envelope (raughly opened and backflap partly missing, traces of ageing) addressed to France bearing France 'Republique' Yvert 53, 5c yellow-green, Yvert 55, 15c bistre and Yvert 57, 80c rose tied by Yokohama/Bau Francais double ring '11th Juil 76', endorsed via Marseille' with Paris/Etranger' arrival in blue '30th Aout' on reverse. Very fine 1 franc rate three colour franking for mail via Marseille from the 'Captain Lebon'...
Lot #8399 - Japan
1880. Local mail envelope addressed to the 'Legation du France, Tokio' bearing 'Koban' SG 82, 4s green tied by bar obliterator with circular date stamp. Very fine item paying the local printed matter rate.
Lot #8400 - Japan
1889, weather report wrapper canc. "Zeizumi/Musashi Tokyo 22.2.9" (Feb. 9, 1889) addressed to 'Agentur des.Nord-Deutschen Lloyd/29 YokohamaÆ with Yokohama same day arrival. Few tonings.
Lot #8401 - Japan
1885, weather report wrapper canc. double circle dater "General p.o. 18.1.3" (Jan. 3, 1885) to 'Hern Dr. G. Wagener 17 Kagayashiki, Tokio' with Tokyo arrival same dayl. Very fine.
Lot #8402 - Japan
1883. Envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing 'Cherry Blossom' SG 71, 20s red (toned, perforation faults) tied by cork obliterator with adjacent Yokohamo/Japan cds '23rd Sept' on face, endorsed 'via America' with New York transit 'Oct 19' and Zürich receiver '31st Oct 83' on reverse. Very scarce single Cherry Blossom 20 sen franking.
Lot #8403 - Japan
1884. Envelope addressed to the French Legation, Tokyo bearing 'Koban' SG 82, 4s green tied by cork obliterator with adjacent circular date stamp and vernacular Tokyo arrival. Lovely item paying the double local printed matter rate.
Lot #8404 - Japan
1884. Envelope written from the French Legation in Yokohama addressed to the Legation in Tokio bearing 'Koban' SG 114, 2s rose tied by cork obliterator with double ring Yokohama arrival on reverse. Very fine item of domestic mail.
Lot #8405 - Japan
1884. Envelope written from the French Legation in Yokohama addressed to the Legation in Tokio bearing 'Koban' SG 114, 2s rose tied by cork obliterator with double ring Yokohama arrival on reverse. Very fine item of domestic mail.
Lot #8406 - Japan
1885. Envelope written from the 'Legation de France / Tokio' addressed to the French Legation bearing 'Koban' SG 114, 2c rose (block of four) tied by Tokio vernacular double ring. Superb item of consular mail.
Lot #8407 - Japan
1885. Local mail envelope addressed to the 'Legation du France, Tokio' bearing 'Koban' SG 114, 2s rose tied by bar obliterator with circular date stamp. Very fine item paying the local printed matter rate.
Lot #8408 - Japan
1885. Envelope with two page correspondence written from the 'Consulate de France/a Yokohama' with consular cachet on reverse addressed to the French Legation, Tokyo bearing 'Koban' SG 114, 2c rose tied by cork obliterator with double ring Tokyo arrival. Lovely item of mail from the French Legation in Yokohama.
Lot #8409 - Japan
1888. Rice Paper wrapper addressed to Gaston Pinet, Paris bearing 'Koban' SG 82, 4s green (pair) tied by cork obliterator with adjacent circular Tokio/Japan cds. Soiled and folded. Very rare use of Koban paying the news-band letter rate to Paris.
Lot #8410 - Japan
1888, new koban 20 S. (4, shades) and 1 Y. with clear strikes of Nagasaki or Yokohama.
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