U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History

1893 (12 Mar) UPU 2sen stationery card posted at the Japanese ship from Nagasaki to Vladivostok, canceled at the I.J.P.O. Fusan (12.III) "Fusan Meiji 26 I.J.P. & T.O.", also "I.J.P.O. GENSAN / Meiji 18" (14.III), showing triangle type Paquebot mark "PU./ Ship" (only known example of Fusan recorded), re-addressed to Hallein bei Salzburg, Austria, sent via Brindisi, with arrival 1/3/97 Hallein (after four years!), card creases, with red chop on reverse, fine and most unusual cover, forwarded without surcharge and treated as a ship letter carried on the Nagasaki to Vladivostok Sea route, with 2sen being the special rate to Vladivostok, ex-Mizuhara
Estimate: $1500