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Auction: SW1018 - The Collectors' Series
Lot: 515

Telegrams, Telegraph & Telephone Stamps - The Professor Shaul Ladany Collection, Part IIJapan1874, 2s. yellow on ordinary wove paper, syllabic 4, tied by double circle c.d.s. on "The Great Northern Telegraph - China and Japan Extension Company" telegram envelope (small portion in corner missing, mentioned for accuracy), transmitting a message from Washington D.C. (United States), posted at Nagasaki and carried to Tokyo, showing red cachet of this telegraphic company at Nagasaki. Minor perforation imperfections, in no way detracting from this exceptionally rare usage on telegram cover in the classic period. JSCA V30; Scott 34. Ex Moser. Photo

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