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the 1872 30sen grey was withdrawn from use, yet applied to foreign mail 5 years after IJPO started its foreign mail service.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

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