Public auction #38

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. Detailed description included. (T)