1c Buff, 10c Yellow (112, 116). Single 1c and two 10c, each with "Hiogo, Japan" double-circle handstamp, few small faults, Fine appearing trio with this desirable cancel, which is very scarce on the 1c 1869 Pictorial, the U.S. Post Office opened in Hiogo in 1868, one year after those in Yokohama and Nagasaki, and was in operation until December 1874; the rate was 10c to the U.S., 3c or 6c between Treaty Ports and additional rates to Europe, one 10c with P.F. certificate, Scott value $1,750.00

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