Ended on Tuesday, 25 February 2020 at 02:35.

Japan: 1874, cherry blossoms 2 Sen, syllabic i = plate 1 on VERY RARE THIN NATIVE WOVE PAPER, unused

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Start of the sale:
Monday, 20 January 2020 at 11:44
Item n°918647545
Sale ends:
Tuesday, 25 February 2020 at 02:35
Lot:
#06638
Catalogue:
46. Christoph Gärtner Auktion - 25. Feb. 2020 - Asia, Overseas, Europe

1874, cherry blossoms 2 Sen, syllabic i = plate 1 on VERY RARE THIN NATIVE WOVE PAPER, unused with original gum. The very fresh stamp has only a few trivial imperfections and is otherwise in fine condition. This major japan rarity on native paper exists on native wove paper and on native laid paper, the wove paper version is by far the rarest, it is priced it the Ichida handbook at 43% more than on laid paper. The Woodward handbook mentions on page 257 that "ONLY THREE UNUSED COPIES ARE KNOWN TO BE IN EXISTENCE" on wove native paper.
Provenance: Woodward collection (sold at Harmers auctions London 1939) and King Carol of Romania collection. Michel 20y plate 1 = 46.000€ + 43% premium (according to Ichida) for wove paper = 65.780€. Certificates Krüger BPP (1984): mentioning the good quality, states "diese Marke ist ungestempelt eine der größten Japanraritäten" and certificate Florian Eichhorn BPP (2019).

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Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG

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Christoph Gärtner made his hobby into his profession. He started in 1984 and within two decades the Gärtner GmbH developed into a world leading mail order house for postal stationery and became a specialist for thematics and postal history.
In april 2005 the idea to build a place where collectors, customers and investors from all over the world could meet, was realized.
Since that time both, the Mail Order House and Auction House Gärtner, have been united on 2.700 m2 in the easy accessible building owned by Christoph Gärtner.
Generous viewing and storage rooms, a private auction hall, enough parking space and an underground car park are available.

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Japan: 1874, cherry blossoms 2 Sen, syllabic i = plate 1 on VERY RARE THIN NATIVE WOVE PAPER, unused

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