CG Auction No. 41: Korean covers

1877, Japanese office Inchon, Japan old koban 10 S. blue, a vertical top margin strip-3 tied double circle type DK “Chosen Ninsen -.8.5” to reverse of small size registered cover to Bad Kreuznach/Germany, printed return of “H. M. Consulate / General for COREA.” Transits octogonal “REGISTERED NAGASAKI 11 AUG 85”, small size “REGISTERED YOKOHAMA 18 AUG 1885”, SF Sept. 2, NY (plus transit R-label) and arrival “BAD KREUZNACH 22 / 9 85”. Some light soiling but an extraordinary item and one of the few registered items from Inchon (Ninsen) from this early period.

The starting price for this cover is €8000,-.

1895/96: 5 P. bluish green and 10 P. dull blue, each second printing horizontal pair, 5 P. cancelled Wonsan ‘3.2.1.’ (February 1, 1899), on envelope with endorsed ‘overland’, addressed to James Frederick Oiesen in Seoul with arrival ‘2.7’ (February 7). On reverse brown “T” applied and the 10 P. pair cancelled by two strikes of boxed ‘Pu Jo, “insufficient”‘. The envelope was franked by sender as inland letter basic rate = 10 P. (per 7.5g for the 1895/1900 rate period), but treated underpaid and postage due assessed. Missing amounts were charged double, hence 10 P. were considered missing. Detailed certificate Florian Eichhorn BPP (2017).

The starting price for this cover is €4500,-.