salentin
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Post by salentin on Aug 13, 2020 12:49:55 GMT
Additional values,issued 1968.100 Yen was also issued as coil-stamp on April 2nd,1979.
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Aug 15, 2020 16:42:43 GMT
additional values,issued Feb.1st 1969 500 Yen, Sept.1st,1969 55 Yen, Feb.6th,1971 150 Yen, July.15th,1971 3 & 12 Yen. The 3 Yen,imperforated on one or two sides,was issued in a booklet sheet of 20 on Jan.31st,1972.
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Aug 17, 2020 8:55:56 GMT
additional values,issued Aug.10th (70 Yen),Nov.10th (5 Yen) and Dec.1st,1971 (80 & 90 Yen)
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Aug 21, 2020 8:26:38 GMT
Postal rate increase: postcards from 7 to 10 Yen,letters from 15 to 20 Yen. Stamps issued Jan.21st (20 & 25 Yen),Feb.1st,1972 (10 Yen). The 10 and the 20 Yen stamps were also issued as coil stamps (imperforated vertically), issued Feb.1st,1972 (20 Yen) and April 2nd,1979 (10 Yen). Stamps imperforated on one or on two joining sides are from stamp booklets,issued Feb 1st and Feb.25th,1972. The 20 Yen was also issued in a "mini pack" on Feb.1st,1972.
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Aug 23, 2020 12:43:46 GMT
The booklet mentioned in the previous post.
More additional values,issued April 10th,1972 (120 Yen),June 10th,1972 (200 Yen) and Nov.19th,1973 (90 Yen).
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Aug 25, 2020 5:00:05 GMT
additional values,issued Sept.27th,1974 (300 & 400 Yen),Nov.11th,1974 (200 & 500 Yen), April 22nd,1975 (1000 Yen).
Souvenir-sheet issued on April 22nd,1975.
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Aug 29, 2020 14:26:07 GMT
Another rate-hike.This time a real steep one: postcards doubled to 20 Yen and the letter rate was increased by 150% to 50 Yen. Stamps issued Jan.25th,1976;50 Yen coil-stamp issued March 10th,1976.
A booklet with part-perforated stamps was issued on March 10th,1976.
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Aug 30, 2020 8:24:48 GMT
additional values,issued 1976,May,25th (60 Yen),June 7th (350 Yen),June 25th (140 Yen),July 1st (250 Yen);
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Sept 2, 2020 17:57:20 GMT
new values,issued Oct.1st 1980 (30,40,50 Yen),Nov.25,1980 (60,70 Yen) 1981 another postage fee hike: postcards doubled from 20 to 40 Yen,letters from 50 to 60 Yen.
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Sept 3, 2020 17:23:52 GMT
Coil stamps were issued Jan.20th,1981 (60 Yen) and April 1st,1981 (40 Yen)
Stamps imperforated on one side or two joining sides are from the booklet,issued Feb.20th,1981
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Sept 8, 2020 15:55:52 GMT
Additional values,issued Jan.20th,1981 (170,260,410 Yen) and March 16th,1981 (310,600 Yen).
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Sept 13, 2020 16:14:11 GMT
additional values,issued July 10th,1981; The 100 Yen value was issued as coil stamp on Oct.20th,1982.
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Sept 16, 2020 12:11:05 GMT
Additional values,issued July 5th,1982 (10 Yen,20 Yen) Oct.20th,1982 (10 Yen coil stamp), Dec.6th,1982 (70 Yen,410 Yen),April 3rd,1984 (300 Yen).
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Sept 20, 2020 12:13:53 GMT
The last Showa-Era definitives.Stamps and booklet were issued April 1st,1988.
To add there remain two stamps for "electronic mail",issued Oct.1st 1984 and Aug.1st,1985.
My collection ends here.But I am considering to go on collecting later definitives.But definitives only !
Scott and Sakura have a silly numbering system with scores of subnumbers (a,b,c,d......), so that it becomes near impossible to know how many stamps were issued.
According to Michel,Japan issued from 1871 till the end of the Showa-Era (1988) 1821 stamps. From 1989 - 1998 797 stamps, from 1999 - 2008 2150 stamps and from 2009 - 2018 4760 stamps bringing the total to well over 10.000 today.
They are now at a rate of 5 - 600 new issues a year ! However there are remarkable few definitives among this deluge of new issues: less than 100 within 30 years.
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philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Sept 20, 2020 13:36:45 GMT
Those Japanese “electronic mail” stamps salentin has scanned above (the two 500¥ ) have always puzzled me. I did a brief online search but didn’t get any relevant info. Does anyone know their purpose? Was it to provide an early form of electronic tracking perhaps? |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Sept 20, 2020 14:23:53 GMT
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philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Sept 20, 2020 16:40:10 GMT
Thank you! tomiseksj ! That info seemed to elude me and my curiosity really wanted to know. Hmmm, I wonder if any other National postal systems created anything similar. This must predate most fax machines. |
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Post by WERT on Jan 11, 2021 16:51:26 GMT
Know nothing about stamps from Japan..Was given this..  Robert
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cursus
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Post by cursus on Feb 6, 2021 9:30:56 GMT
Any idea of what these might be? Thank you in advance.
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Feb 6, 2021 10:20:03 GMT
Hello, Joan ( cursus)! Thanks for your post. I don't have a lot of experience in this area, but I am pretty sure that your stamps are revenue issues. I will look back in this thread, but I think that these have been posted before. Perhaps Dave ( Philatarium) can give us more details about these, and he may even have a catalogue. I don't know if Werner ( salentin) or Kim ( khj) or Ryan may also be able to help.... |
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Post by khj on Feb 6, 2021 16:07:26 GMT
Any idea of what these might be? Thank you in advance (See earlier post for image.) Japanese tax revenues (shunyu inshi). The basic unwatermarked set is 1898-1909. The 1 rin through 5 sen revenue stamps were also issued watermarked 1915-1919. The leftmost stamp design exists in 4 denominations: 1,2,3,5r The design for the other 3 stamps exists in 5 denominations: 1,2,3,5,10s A third design exists in 3 denominations: 50s,1y,5y And finally, another design (portrait of Takenouchi no Sukune 武内宿禰) for the 10y. Total of 13 different denominations. |
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Post by cursus on Feb 6, 2021 16:10:52 GMT
Thank you very much.
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Feb 6, 2021 21:30:58 GMT
Note that for old revenue stamps, you can find a (simplified) listing of world wide stamps in the 1915 Forbin revenue stamps catalogue, which is available as a free download from the Internet Archive. There isn't nearly as much information there as you have already received from khj but still, I keep a copy because it's good to have a digital library for such stuff. Ryan |
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Post by Philatarium on Feb 6, 2021 21:48:45 GMT
There is also a pretty good website that shows quite a few of the different Japanese revenue types here prepared by the Scandinavian Society for Japanese Philately (SSJP): eng.ssjp.dk/revenue/overviewrev.html |
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Post by khj on Feb 7, 2021 3:36:22 GMT
Not sure how long the English/revenue part of the website will be maintained. I would suggest that those interested should archive at least that portion of the website with pictures. The internet archives don't always archive all the pictures or go beyond 2-3 layers.
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cursus
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Post by cursus on Feb 7, 2021 7:38:26 GMT
Thankyou to all.I've managed to identify some Japanese revenues on Forbin Catalog. I'll use it in the future if I run into some more "strange" japanese stamps.
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hdm1950
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Post by hdm1950 on Jan 9, 2022 0:00:12 GMT
I got out of alphabetic order today as I came across an envelope of several hundred stamps of Japan miss filed. I spent an hour or so going through the lot and only came across 1 regular stamp I needed or wanted. I did come across this group of tobacco tax/revenue stamps from the 1880's that I had not seen before. The condition is rather rough but so are almost all I see listed on eBay. I do not supposedly collect revenues but I guess these will join the page of other Japanese revenues I already have. 
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crisger
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Post by crisger on Apr 9, 2022 21:55:45 GMT
So the Revenue stamps are used on merchandise? such as tobacco products or whatever? i have seen them listed for sale by auction but was not sure what they were used for and if they still used today or if only olde times?
very interesting thread. Amazes me how diverse the topics and types of stamps there are.
Chris
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on May 18, 2022 23:49:40 GMT
This evening I was looking at my Japan stamps in my world wide album and decided to share these 2 highest values in the 1888-92 set. They are Scott 83 and 84. I am impressed that the Japanese had such a bright carmine ink in that era for the 1 yen. I do not recall any other country in that era that had achieved that brightness. The 50 sen stamp appears mint with original yellowed glue. The 1 yen appears to be mint to my eyes but sadly no glue. I expect like many high catalogue value stamps that there is a history of cancel removals. I can see no sign of a cancel on this one and really not important because I do not plan to sell or replace it.   |
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crisger
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Post by crisger on May 23, 2022 18:11:59 GMT
this is an interesting corner of stamps for Japan. I think with all that I have to work on i will pass on adding this to my area of interest but this is very useful info and I will download several sources mentioned.
thanks again all..I still remain a bit in the dark as to what revenue stamps were used for.
Chris
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