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1877 (30 Dec) cover from Tokyo, franked with horizontal pair of 5s brown Koban, canceled by small flower pmk in green, supported by "Tokei Japan 30 Dec 1877", with red Yokohama Paid All Dec.31 alongside, addressed to Chicago, USA, with red San Francisco transit and Chicago Jan 23, 1878 arrival pmks on back, little cover wear, otherwise fine. This cover was carried on "The City of Tokyo" of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. sailing from Yokohama on December 31, 1877, arriving in San Francisco on Jan 17, 1878. The "Tokei" dispatch postmark in green was used only a short time, this cover being the earliest known Tokei large single circle
Estimate: $750