JAPANESE GEM!
‘One of the greatest gems of Japanese and Asian philately’ recently went under the hammer at David Feldman in Geneva. The 1874 20 sen reddish violet, was also described as ‘an “aristocrat” of worldwide rarities’ and featured a remarkably vivid colour and very clear impression, with full to large margin. The auction house explained: ‘Only five examples of 20 sen syllabic 1 are believed to exist according to the Yamazaki Yoshiyuki (Narumi 2018) handbook