Lot
653 
(Naval) 1900 (Mar. 20) U.S.S. Albatrose, Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco Cal., purple penalty handstamp on legal size registered cover bearing Japan 10s brown orange strip of three, top faulty, tied by two strikes of "Yokohama Japan, 20 Mar 00" cds, Yokohama registry exchange label affixed, paymaster return address, three different San Francisco registry backstamps (4.7, 4.9); reduced slightly at top, F.-V.F., A rare U.S. penalty use from Japan. Scott No. Japan #79 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $700