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Brown Heraldic Dragons - 48 mon
- Series:
- Dragon mon
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:JP 1, Sn:JP 1, Yt:JP 1, Sak:JP 1
- Themes:
- Dragons | Heraldic Animals
- Issued on:
- ColnectScrp
- Colors:
- Brown
- Emission:
- Definitive
- Perforation:
- Imperforate
- Printing:
- Recess
- Face value:
- 48 Japanese mon
- Score:
- 82% Accuracy: Medium
- Description:
- The design of the stamps is thought to have been taken from the 'dragon' which appeared on the Taisei administration monetary bill used at the time.
The printed area is a square with a side length of 19.5 millimeters. They are the smallest Japanese stamps. They were printed on extremely thick Japanese paper and had neither perforations nor glue.
There were four types available, each with a different denomination. The unit of currency at the time was the mon, and the face values were 48 mon, 100 mon, 200 mon and 500 mon. - Buy Now:
- 1 sale offer for US$ 82.19
Blue Heraldic Dragons - 100 mon
- Series:
- ColnectIsBest
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:JP 2, Sn:JP 2, Yt:JP 2, Sak:JP 2
- Themes:
- ColnectScrp
- Issued on:
- 1871-04-20
- Colors:
- from colnect.com
- Emission:
- from colnect.com
- Perforation:
- VisitColnectCom
- Printing:
- VisitColnectCom
- Face value:
- iInfringe
- Score:
- ColnectIsBest
- Description:
- ColnectScrp
- Buy Now:
- from colnect.com
Red Heraldic Dragons - 200 mon
- Series:
- Dragon mon
- Catalog codes:
- CopyWrong
- Themes:
- Dragons | Heraldic Animals
- Issued on:
- CopyWrong
- Colors:
- Vermilion
- Emission:
- Definitive
- Perforation:
- Imperforate
- Printing:
- Recess
- Face value:
- 200 Japanese mon
- Score:
- 87% Accuracy: Medium
- Description:
- The design of the stamps is thought to have been taken from the 'dragon' which appeared on the Taisei administration monetary bill used at the time.
The printed area is a square with a side length of 19.5 millimeters. They are the smallest Japanese stamps. They were printed on extremely thick Japanese paper and had neither perforations nor glue.
There were four types available, each with a different denomination. The unit of currency at the time was the mon, and the face values were 48 mon, 100 mon, 200 mon and 500 mon. - Buy Now:
- 1 sale offer for US$ 140.90
Green Heraldic Dragons - 500 mon
- Series:
- Dragon mon
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:JP 4, Sn:JP 4, Yt:JP 4, Sak:JP 4
- Themes:
- Dragons | Heraldic Animals
- Issued on:
- 1871-04-20
- Colors:
- Green
- Emission:
- Definitive
- Perforation:
- Imperforate
- Printing:
- Recess
- Face value:
- 500 Japanese mon
- Score:
- 89% Accuracy: Medium
- Description:
- Back image is a forgery (kept for learning reasons) and can be indentified by the two tiny characters above the vertical column of characters indicating the value
The design of the stamps is thought to have been taken from the 'dragon' which appeared on the Taisei administration monetary bill used at the time.
The printed area is a square with a side length of 19.5 millimeters. They are the smallest Japanese stamps. They were printed on extremely thick Japanese paper and had neither perforations nor glue. - Buy Now:
- 1 sale offer for US$ 176.13
Purple Heraldic Dragons - 1/2 sen
- Series:
- Dragon sen
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:JP 5, Sn:JP 5, Yt:JP 5, Sak:JP 5
- Themes:
- Dragons | Heraldic Animals
- Issued on:
- iInfringe
- Colors:
- Brown
- Emission:
- Definitive
- Perforation:
- Various
- Printing:
- Recess
- Face value:
- ½ Japanese sen
- Score:
- 92% Accuracy: Medium
- Description:
- CopyWrong
- Buy Now:
- 1 sale offer for US$ 10.92
Blue Heraldic Dragons - 1 sen
- Series:
- Dragon sen
- Catalog codes:
- ColnectScrp
- Themes:
- Dragons | Heraldic Animals
- Issued on:
- 1872-03-26
- Colors:
- Blue
- Emission:
- Definitive
- Perforation:
- Various
- Printing:
- Recess
- Face value:
- 1 Japanese sen
- Score:
- 94% Accuracy: Medium
- Description:
- In 1871 new currency regulations were proclaimed. These regulations revised the unit of currency that had been used up to that time, making 1 ryo equal to 1 yen and 100 mon equal to 1 sen.
With this change, the face value of the stamps was revised. The 48 mon stamp became the half-sen stamp, the 100 mon stamp became the 1 sen stamp, the 200 mon stamp became the 2 sen stamp and the 500 mon stamp became the 5 sen stamp. The design of the stamps remained the same as on the Dragon mon stamp and for the first time perforations appeared. Some of the stamps had glue. - Buy Now:
- 1 sale offer for US$ 58.71
Red Heraldic Dragons - 2 sen
- Series:
- Dragon sen
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:JP 7, Sn:JP 7, Yt:JP 7, Sak:JP 7
- Themes:
- Dragons | Heraldic Animals
- Issued on:
- ColnectScrp
- Colors:
- Vermilion
- Emission:
- Definitive
- Perforation:
- Various
- Printing:
- Recess
- Face value:
- 2 Japanese sen
- Score:
- 93% Accuracy: Medium
- Description:
- In 1871 new currency regulations were proclaimed. These regulations revised the unit of currency that had been used up to that time, making 1 ryo equal to 1 yen and 100 mon equal to 1 sen.
With this change, the face value of the stamps was revised. The 48 mon stamp became the half-sen stamp, the 100 mon stamp became the 1 sen stamp, the 200 mon stamp became the 2 sen stamp and the 500 mon stamp became the 5 sen stamp. The design of the stamps remained the same as on the Dragon mon stamp and for the first time perforations appeared. Some of the stamps had glue. - Buy Now:
Green Heraldic Dragons - 5 sen
- Series:
- Dragon sen
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:JP 8, Sn:JP 8, Yt:JP 8, Sak:JP 8
- Themes:
- Dragons | Heraldic Animals
- Issued on:
- 1872-03-26
- Colors:
- Green
- Emission:
- Definitive
- Perforation:
- Various
- Printing:
- Recess
- Face value:
- 5 Japanese sen
- Score:
- 94% Accuracy: Medium
- Description:
- VisitColnectCom
- Buy Now:
- 1 sale offer for US$ 140.90
½ sen brown - Native paper, no syllabics
- Series:
- Cherry Blossom (1872-1873)
- Catalog codes:
- from colnect.com
- Themes:
- Flowers | Plants (Flora) | Stylized Plants
- Issued on:
- iInfringe
- Expiry date:
- from colnect.com
- Colors:
- Brown
- Emission:
- Definitive
- Perforation:
- Various
- Printing:
- Recess
- Paper:
- wove paper
- Face value:
- ½ Japanese sen
- Score:
- 76% Accuracy: Medium
- Description:
- 4 plates, specimen
Since the surface of the printing plates for the Dragon sen stamps had become worn, new printing plates were engraved with a different design and the previous two printing colors were replaced by a single hue.
These are known as the 'Cherry Blossom stamps,' as the flower appears in each of the four corners of the stamp. The imperial chrysanthemum crest and the words 'Postage stamp' also appeared for the first time. All stamps in this issue had perforations and glue.
Starting with this stamp, the imperial chrysanthemum crest appeared on every stamp for a period of approximately 75 years until 1947. - Buy Now:
- 1 sale offer for US$ 4.11
1 sen blue - Native paper, no syllabics
- Series:
- CopyWrong
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:JP 10, Sn:JP 10, Yt:JP 10, Sg:JP 35/41, Sak:JP 10/16
- Themes:
- iInfringe
- Issued on:
- 1872-08-23
- Expiry date:
- 1889-11-30
- Colors:
- CopyWrong
- Emission:
- iInfringe
- Perforation:
- CopyWrong
- Printing:
- ColnectScrp
- Paper:
- from colnect.com
- Face value:
- VisitColnectCom
- Score:
- CopyWrong
- Description:
- 3 types, specimen
Since the surface of the printing plates for the Dragon sen stamps had become worn, new printing plates were engraved with a different design and the previous two printing colors were replaced by a single hue.
These are known as the 'Cherry Blossom stamps,' as the flower appears in each of the four corners of the stamp. The imperial chrysanthemum crest and the words 'Postage stamp' also appeared for the first time. All stamps in this issue had perforations and glue.
Starting with this stamp, the imperial chrysanthemum crest appeared on every stamp for a period of approximately 75 years until 1947. - Buy Now:
- CopyWrong