HAKODATE


7h1: Cover from Mombetsu, Iburi (Hokkaido) via Hakodate, Yokohama and New York to Magdeburg, Germany 

Stamps: one old Koban 4 Sen, green and 3 UPU 2 Sen Koban, carmine rose.

  • Japan domestic double circle type KG (Amano 32), June 10 (1885) 
  • Hakodate Small Single Circle 12 June 1885 
  • Yokohama Small Circle 20 June 1885 
  • New York July 11 on back
  • Receiver: Magdeburg 25 / 7, '85 on back
Remark: see 4t1 
Hakodate Small Single Circle

 
7h2: Cover with 2 off 5 Sen UPU Koban stamps from Hakodate to Florence in Italy.
  • Hakodate Small Single Circle with P.&.T.O. in brown: 30 OCT 1890
  • Foreign Transit NY 
  • Arrival mark Firence

 
7h3: 2 Sen UPU Koban
  • Hakodate Small Single Circle with P.&.T.O. / variety HAKODAT
The handstamp with the missing 'e' in Hakodate was reported from January 30 1889 till March 27 1890. I guess it took so long to notice the error and then to get the correct handstamp, as show in the previous picture, delivered.
Hakodate Small Single Circle

 
7h4: 1 Sen UPU Koban, green 
  • Hakodate Small Single Circle: 9 Dec 1885 in brown
Hakodate Small Single Circle

 

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