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  • Lot# : 5772 Malta

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    1883 (April 19): Great Britain 1880 2 d. pale rose, two horizontal pairs used on 1883 double rate cover from Malta to Tokyo, Japan tied by two strikes of the vertical "MALTA / A25" duplex (April 19). Reverse with flap fault but showing Brindisi transit and 'Yokohama / Japan' cds (June 4); and a further 1882 cover from the correspondence bearing four 1881 1 d. lilac with similar routing. An attractive pair.rnNote: Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935) after teaching at the Imperial Naval Academy in Tokyo, he was from 1882 a Professor at Tokyo Imperial University, whilst writing some of the earliest translations of haiku into English.rn 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF