Lot Details

1871, 100 mon blue, late printing, plate I, position 21, touched at right frameline, tied by large "Otsu Kensazumi" (Nakagawa type A of Meiji 4) to the reverse of an illustrated cover to Kyoto.

Official correspondence from the Otsu prefectural administration to the Kyoto city administration. At lower right, vermilion oval framed "Otsu". No dateline survives, though usage in the second half of Meiji 4 is assumed.

An attractive official and illustrated cover, combining administrative origin with the scarce Otsu Kensazumi in its early form.

Rate: 100 mon basic rate, separate area rate of the first rate period.

Reference: Illustrated in Dragon Covers, p. 34.