U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
April 12-13, 2016

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #974
KOREA
1894 (17 May) registered cover, apparently originating from Seoul, with Registry strike and name filled in by hand, franked with horizontal strip of four of Japanese 5 Sen ultramarine (Koban Issue), tied by "I.J.P.O. Ninsen Meiji 27" cds, Jinsen, Corea registry label added alongside, addressed to St. Petersburg, with Kobe and Yokohama transit pmks on front, United States Registry label affixed at top, with San Francisco (6 June), New York (12 June) and St. Petersburg arrival pmks on back, fine and impressive cover used from Seoul (which at the time did not yet have its own postal cancel)
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,000.00

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