tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 23, 2013 18:03:09 GMT
The 10 yen gray and orange, perf. 13, 52nd Rotary International Convention stamp (Scott 730) was issued May 29, 1961. The Convention was held in Tokyo from May 29 to June1, 1961. The stamp design features the Rotary emblem and people of various races. Below are images of two cacheted first day covers of the rotary stamp and their associated informational inserts.   |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 24, 2013 14:45:52 GMT
I have a booklet containing the stamp with first day cancellation which I assume was made available as a souvenir for convention participants. The cover and first page
 Pages 2 and 3
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 24, 2013 14:49:29 GMT
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Philatarium
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Post by Philatarium on Jul 24, 2013 17:16:22 GMT
Very nice, Steve! Thanks for sharing these! I didn't realize that there were so many different cachets.
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 24, 2013 17:21:54 GMT
...I didn't realize that there were so many different cachets. I wouldn't have thought so either until I started trying to put together my U.S. Scott 929 FDC cachet collection! There were 61 different cachets listed in Mellone's for that particular issue. |
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Philatarium
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Post by Philatarium on Jul 24, 2013 17:28:51 GMT
I figured there'd be more for a US issue (although 61 is a lot!), but I thought I had really only seen 1 cachet/issue for Japanese fdc's. But maybe because the styles are pretty similar, judging from your Rotary examples, perhaps I hadn't been paying attention to who the Japanese cachet-maker was. I'll try to start looking a little more closely when I come across Japanese fdc's. (Actually, I have a box of them around here somewhere ...)
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 24, 2013 20:30:28 GMT
The rotary issue was the only one of my fairly limited number of Japan FDCs for which I had multiple covers so I can't say if it is an anomaly.
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