Lot 1632
1882 (Apr. 8) Cambridge to Tokio, duplex c.d.s. on Harvard College Observatory corner card cover to physicist Thomas C. Mendenhall in Tokyo, Japan, bearing 5¢ blue (185) tied by duplex, reverse with Boston and two different San Francisco transits, Yokohama May 13 receiver, redirected to Columbus, Ohio, "Yokohama May 24, 1882" c.d.s. opposite stamp, Columbus, O. receiving backstamp, Very Fine usage, Mendenhall had returned in 1881 to teach at Ohio State. Estimate 150 - 200
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Realized $160 |