U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 10-11, 2007

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Lot #1806
RUSSIA Ship Mail
1903 ppc franked with 4k, ship cancel "Kotsu-Maru 27 October 1903", marked "via Tsuruga", with transit and arrival marks of Tokyo 20 Oct 03, Ushigome 31 Oct 03, Nagasaki Moto-Hakata 2 Nov 03, with "Kyushu Tea Export Co. Ltd Branch" sender's rubber handstamp. One of only two known examples from Kotsu-Maru (the other dated 20 July), this one is illustrated the "Handbook of Foreign Mail Pmks" by Nishino Shigeo and featured in "Kansai Philately", June, 1980
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