10c Yellow (116). Vivid color, tied by quartered cork cancel with duplex "Auburn N.Y. Jul. 25" circular datestamp on small cover to Rev. S. R. Brown in Niigata, Japan, via Yokohama, trivial perf flaws from overlapping at edge, tiny nick in bottom left corner of cover, otherwise Very Fine -- the addressee, Rev. Samuel Robbins Brown, was one of five foreign residents permitted to live in Niigata, a port city on Honshu, which was established in 1858, but not opened until January 1, 1869 -- ex Coulter

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