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lot # 2861 - the michael ruggiero collection of japan 1872-1876 cherry blossom issues: postal history
1875, ship mail cover from Kobe to Nagasaki, franked with 4 sen rose on foreign wove paper, without syllabic character, type 1, from plate 8, with stamp cancelled by Kobe cork killer, with "Nagasaki/Feb 14/12M./Japan" c.d.s. alongside. A splendid example of this rare stamp used on cover, along with being a very early usage of the Roman letter cancel, a showpiece, Very Fine. J.S.C.A. 26. Scott 24.
Estimate HK$ 7,000 - 8,000.
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