tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 31, 2013 2:06:20 GMT
Jo-shin-etsu Kogen National Park Souvenir Sheet (Scott 601a)
This souvenir sheet of 2 (Scott 600 and 601, imperf, no gum) was issued June 25, 1954.  The 5y dark gray brown stamp (600) features Mt. Asama and the 10y dark blue green stamp (601) features Mt. Tanigawa. The regular stamp counterparts are perf. 13. Included with the sheet was a presentation booklet with text in both Kanji and English. 
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 1, 2013 21:48:14 GMT
Saikai National Park Souvenir Sheet (Scott 625a)
This souvenir sheet of 2 (Scott 624 and 625, imperf, no gum) was issued October 1, 1956.  The 5y red brown stamp (624) features Osezaki Promontory and the 10y light blue & indigo stamp (625) features Kujuku Island. The regular issue counterparts are perf. 13.5x13. This presentation booklet was included with the sheet. 
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Philatarium
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Post by Philatarium on Aug 1, 2013 22:35:27 GMT
Thanks for both of these, Steve! And thanks for renaming the thread, too. Between the two of us, we might most, if not all of them. Some of mine are already scanned and uploaded on the web, so I'll just need to look for them. But I don't want to do anything out of the order you intend.
Also, one tip for others looking at this thread: to see a larger, more detailed image, you can right click on the thumbnail then choose to open in a new tab (or window, if that's your thing). That way, you'll be able to read the text on the folders. [* Moderator note - the thumbnail images in the previous posts have been replaced with full-sized images.]
Thanks again, Steve!
-- Dave
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 1, 2013 23:20:01 GMT
Dave,
The ball is now in your court. Sadly, these are the only two souvenir sheets that I have. I look forward to seeing your additions, as well as those of other members.
Steve
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Philatarium
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Post by Philatarium on Aug 2, 2013 0:31:32 GMT
Steve: Well, I've certainly enjoyed yours (and your posts on the other threads, too)!
Let me see what I can come up with.
-- Dave
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Post by brightonpete on May 27, 2018 13:00:25 GMT
Another long since added to thread. I don't have much as far as Asian stamps go. but I did pick up #306a Mint 1940 Daisetsuzan National Park S/S. Just gorgeous, single colour stamps. Japan really outdid themselves with this series. |
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Jan 21, 2019 2:14:47 GMT
All national park souvenir sheets of Japan were sold with a folder.
s.s. without folder a sold at a considerable discount and dealers are often reluctant to buy them without the folder. Here the front page of the Kirishima national park s.s.:
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Jan 21, 2019 16:35:24 GMT
Left inner page of the Kirishima national parc s.s.-folder;
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Jan 21, 2019 20:32:02 GMT
right inner page of the Kirishima national parc s.s.-folder;
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jan 21, 2019 21:30:07 GMT
I'm not entirely sure this qualifies, but in 2002 I visited Kyoto and was able to buy the following folder with the included sheet of stamps at one of the city temples:   |
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Post by randyt on Dec 8, 2019 21:30:52 GMT
I have the Lighthouse hingeless albums for Japan. They make clear full-page holders with the same 13-hole and size as the album pages, and I use those to put the folder in and place it right before the page with the souvenir sheet. Makes it easy to look at both sides of the folder. And I don't have to mount anything- just insert the folder.
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Post by randyt on Dec 8, 2019 21:39:11 GMT
Something I found out when I was in Tokyo in 1971 when I was 15 years old.... at that time most of the big department stores had a a stamp department with glass display cases showing Japanese stamps to make my 15-year-old eyes water. I was determined to get a national park souvenir sheet or two (from the early 1950s), and the girls running the desk wore medical-type gloves when selecting the inventory! Anyway, English was not a barrier when you can point with your finger. And I found out that some of the early National Park souvenir sheets not only came with a folder, but a small glassine leaf inside the folder to help protect the souvenir sheet and keep it from sticking to the folder. (Japan is a very humid country in the summer). I presume that those glassine leafs were original from the Post Office. I'm thinking most of those have disappeared from collections, even when the collector still has the folder.
OH yes, the 'latest thing' in those department stores in the summer of 1971 were the recent Expo '70 souvenir sheets and the upcoming Winter Olympics. I can't remember if they had the Winter Olympic S/S in stock, or just pictures of what the design looked like. But the array of what was available in terms of Japanese stamps blew my mind, when I thought of the little stamp shop in my hometown back in the States. Of course, no internet back in those days.
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renden
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Post by renden on Dec 8, 2019 22:49:06 GMT
Nice randyt ! You should post more often - very interesting stories !!! |
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Post by marking on May 14, 2020 21:01:11 GMT
I have a few of these acquired on trips to Kyoto I only got the sheets not the folders - Sakura Cat #'s  1940 Kirishima Sk P29  1950 Akan National Park |
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Post by marking on May 15, 2020 11:09:14 GMT
 1952 BANDAI-ASAHI NATIONAL PARK Sk# P69  1952 CHUBU SANGAKU NATIONAL PARK Sk# P64 |
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salentin
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Post by salentin on May 15, 2020 13:54:46 GMT
randyt,you remebered the glassine leaves very well ! The following souvenir sheet and it´s folder still contains that glassine,what is exactly of the same size as the s.s. However it makes little sence to try to make a scan of it,I guess. So here the first N.P. s.s.,followed by the folder,issued on Dec.25th,1938:
Folder front-side:
Folder,inner side:
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Post by marking on May 15, 2020 19:06:39 GMT
 1953 SHIKOTSU-TOYA NATIONAL PARK Sk# P72  1953 UNZEN NATIONAL PARK Sk# P78 |
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Oct 21, 2020 9:21:23 GMT
issued April 20th,1939; print: 200.000
folder,front-side
folder,inner pages
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Oct 24, 2020 5:43:05 GMT
issued Aug.15th,1939; print: 60.000
folder,front page
folder inner pages
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Oct 27, 2020 6:13:42 GMT
issued April 20th,1940; print: 42.000 (the smallest print of any japanese national parks s.s. ever)
folder,front page
folder,inner pages
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Post by salentin on Oct 30, 2020 8:38:40 GMT
Just to keep the chronological order,here again the Kirishima-Park:
issued Aug.21st,1941; print: 50.000
folder,front page
folder,inner pages
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Nov 2, 2020 12:34:13 GMT
Both s.s. were issued on March 10th,1941.Print: 76.000 each. The parks are located in Taiwan,then part of the Japanese Empire.
Frontside of the common folder of both s.s.
inner pages of the folder; Due to the war and Japan´s defeat,there was a gap of eight years,before the national-park-series was continued.
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Nov 4, 2020 5:54:19 GMT
issued April 10th,1949; print: 200.000 Unlike the corresponding stamp set,the s.s. was issued without gum.
folder,front page
folder,inner pages
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Nov 7, 2020 8:27:09 GMT
issued Nov.20th,1949 (gummed); print 200.000 The corresponding set was issued already on July.15th,1949 !
folder,front page
folder,inner pages
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Post by salentin on Nov 11, 2020 16:50:57 GMT
issued July 15th,1950; print: 200.000;
folder,front page
folder,inner pages
folder,back page: seems that the selling price of the s.s. was lowered. (when ?)
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Nov 18, 2020 8:47:33 GMT
issued July 20th,1951; print: 200.000;
folder,front page
folder,inner pages
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Post by salentin on Nov 21, 2020 6:20:35 GMT
issued Sept.26th,1952;issued without gum; print: 200.000 (set was issued July 5th,1952)
folder,front page
folder,inner pages
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Nov 26, 2020 18:23:06 GMT
issued Dec.10th,1952; no gum; print: 100.000 (the set was issued Oct.18th,1952) The last of the large-size s.s. of the first National Parks Series.
folder,front page
folder,inner pages
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Dec 3, 2020 9:54:54 GMT
issued July 25th,1953; print: 100.000;
folder front page
folder inner (right) page,english text;
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Post by salentin on Dec 14, 2020 18:22:24 GMT
issued Oct.2nd,1953; print: 200.000
folder,back- and front-page
inner page,english text
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