rarely seen with bota
The Koban Study Group 小判
2016-10-23
1880 cover to Ribe DK ...
Nagasaki (Japan) to Ribe (Denmark) in 1880.
the 1872 30sen grey was withdrawn from use, yet applied to foreign mail 5 years after IJPO started its foreign mail service. prior to 1875, a double-envelope system assured delivery to FM dept, then outbound overseas with treaty port stamps - USA, GB France ...
Florian Eichhorn issued the BPP certificate
MAEDA 45 sen /w OP ...
this is the first woodblock position of the 45sen plate . this series is prone to weak numerals, likely due to sanding of the register block or the ink paste applied ... compare to the M2 50sen below, which show a greater range of both shades and clarity of print.
the series appeared on K-series tourist sheets (casey-mono17) ... but without OP ...
I discovered items /w OP in 2012.
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