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  • Lot# : 5771 Malta

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    1877 (May 12): Great Britain 1873/77 1 s. green pl. 12, a sheet marginal example with part imprint at top '(POST)AGE ONE', used on 1877 mourning envelope to Japan tied by horizontal "MALTA / A25" duplex (May 12). Carried on the P&O Steamer 'Cathay' between Singapore and Hong Kong and thence on the 'Malacca' to Yokohama with arrival at British P.O. Yokohama on reverse (June 23) in black. One flap missing and corner clipped but opens well for display.rnNote: Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935) at this date was teaching at the Imperial Naval Academy in Tokyo, he was later a Professor at Tokyo Imperial University, writing some of the earliest translations of haiku into English.rn 
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF