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50 sen deep carmine
- Series:
- Old Koban (1876-79)
- Catalog codes:
- CopyWrong
- Themes:
- Coats of Arms | Flowers | Stars
- Issued on:
- 1879-06-30
- Size:
- 21 x 26 mm
- Colors:
- Deep carmine
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Definitive
- Perforation:
- Various
- Printing:
- Typography
- Gum:
- Ordinary
- Face value:
- 50 Japanese sen
- Score:
- 75% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- Postal volume increased year by year. Printing using hand-engraved plates was no longer able to keep pace with the demand for stamps. Under the guidance Edoardo Chiossone, an Italian, who was invited by the mint, stamps were produced using the new method of relief printing.
The stamps are commonly known as the 'Small Coin stamps,' for the picture in the center of the design. These were used for many years, from 1876 to 1899, and were the first stamps to have the words 'Refined edition,' indicating the production method, printed on the bottom of the sheet. - Buy Now:
- 1 sale offer for US$ 25.64
50 sen brown
- Series:
- New Koban (1888-1892)
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:JP 67, Sn:JP 83, Yt:JP 85, Sg:JP 124, Sak:JP 89
- Themes:
- Coats of Arms | Flowers | Stars
- Issued on:
- ColnectIsBest
- Size:
- 21 x 26 mm
- Colors:
- Brown
- Designers:
- Edoardo Chiossone
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Definitive
- Perforation:
- Various
- Printing:
- Typography
- Gum:
- Ordinary
- Face value:
- 50 Japanese sen
- Score:
- 51% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- CopyWrong
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- 4 sale offers from US$ 2.91
Southern Cross (Crux)
- Series:
- U.P.U. (Universal Postal Union) Membership, 75th Anniversary
- Catalog codes:
- from colnect.com
- Themes:
- Anniversaries and Jubilees | Constellations | Postal History | Postal Unions | Ships | Stars | U.P.U.
- Issued on:
- ColnectIsBest
- Size:
- 26 x 36 mm
- Colors:
- Violet
- Designers:
- Tsunashima Ren (綱島 廉) | Watanabe Saburō (渡辺 三郎)
- Printers:
- Government Printing Bureau, Tokyo
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- comb 13½
- Printing:
- Photogravure
- Face value:
- 5 ¥ - Japanese yen
- Print run:
- 3,000,000
- Score:
- 78% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- Two stamps commemorating the 75th anniversary of Japan’s membership of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) depict the most distinctive star patterns in both the southern and northern hemispheres. The 5-yen stamp shows an idealized Southern Cross above the davits of a ship, representing sea mail, while on the 10-yen stamp the seven stars of the Plough fills the sky over the northern hemisphere of the Earth, with Japan itself at lower left.
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- 1 sale offer for US$ 11.65
Big Dipper (Ursa Major)
- Series:
- U.P.U. (Universal Postal Union) Membership, 75th Anniversary
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:JP 573, Sn:JP 553, Yt:JP 503, Sg:JP 650, Sak:JP C226
- Themes:
- Astronomy | Constellations | Globes | Outer Space | Postal History | Postal Traffic | Stars | U.P.U.
- Issued on:
- 1952-02-19
- Size:
- 26 x 36 mm
- Colors:
- Deep blue green
- Designers:
- Hisano Minoru (久野 実) | Yamanouchi Takao (山野内 孝夫)
- Printers:
- Government Printing Bureau, Tokyo
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- comb 13½
- Printing:
- Photogravure
- Face value:
- 10 ¥ - Japanese yen
- Print run:
- 3,000,000
- Score:
- 81% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- Two stamps commemorating the 75th anniversary of Japan’s membership of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) depict the most distinctive star patterns in both the southern and northern hemispheres. The 5-yen stamp shows an idealized Southern Cross above the davits of a ship, representing sea mail, while on the 10-yen stamp the seven stars of the Plough fills the sky over the northern hemisphere of the Earth, with Japan itself at lower left.
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- 1 sale offer for US$ 11.65
75th Anniversary of the Tokyo Observatory
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:JP 625, Sn:JP 591, Yt:JP 546, Sg:JP 718, Sak:JP C241
- Themes:
- Anniversaries and Jubilees | Astronomy | Constellations | Observatories | Stars
- Issued on:
- 1953-10-29
- Size:
- 30 x 26 mm
- Colors:
- Grey blue
- Designers:
- Shimada Takeo (島田 武夫) | Watanabe Saburō (渡辺 三郎)
- Printers:
- Government Printing Bureau, Tokyo
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- comb 13½
- Printing:
- Photogravure
- Gum:
- Ordinary
- Face value:
- 10 ¥ - Japanese yen
- Score:
- 78% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- Japanese Inscription: 東京天文台創設75年記念
Transliteration: tōkyō tenmondai sōsetsu nana-jū-go-nen kinen
Translation: Tokyo Observatory Founding 75th Year Commemoration
The 75th anniversary of the founding of Tokyo Observatory was marked by the release of this stamp. Cassiopeia, Polaris and the Plough form a backdrop to the open dome of the observatory’s main telescope, a twin-tube equatorial refractor with objective lenses of 0.65-m and 0.38-m aperture which was built in 1926 and is the largest refractor in Japan. The observatory was originally based at the University of Tokyo but moved in 1924 to Mitaka city, 20 km west of Tokyo. Since 1988 it has been the headquarters of the National Observatory of Japan and larger instruments have been established on better sites elsewhere, most notably the Subaru telescope on Hawaii. The old telescopes such as the twin refractor are kept at Mitaka for historical purposes and public display. - Buy Now:
Diet Building at Night
- Series:
- Japanese Diet
- Catalog codes:
- from colnect.com
- Themes:
- Anniversaries and Jubilees | Buildings | Government Buildings | Stars
- Issued on:
- ColnectScrp
- Size:
- 30 x 26 mm
- Colors:
- Grey | Multicolor
- Watermark:
- No Watermark
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- comb 13½
- Printing:
- Photogravure
- Paper:
- normal
- Gum:
- Ordinary
- Face value:
- 5 ¥ - Japanese yen
- Print run:
- 8,000,000
- Score:
- 43% Accuracy: High
- Related items:
- 2 (See)
- Description:
- 70th anniversary of the Japanese Diet.
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13th World Road Congress
- Series:
- Campaigns, Milestone Events and Anniversaries
- Catalog codes:
- ColnectIsBest
- Themes:
- Conferences | Roads | Seals (Emblems) | Stars
- Issued on:
- 1967-11-05
- Size:
- 40 x 28 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Watermark:
- No Watermark
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- comb 13
- Printing:
- Photogravure
- Paper:
- normal
- Gum:
- Ordinary
- Face value:
- 50 ¥ - Japanese yen
- Print run:
- 8,000,000
- Score:
- 38% Accuracy: Very High
- Related items:
- 1 (See)
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- 3 sale offers from US$ 0.29
Centenary of Tokyo Astronomical Observatory
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:JP 1371, Sn:JP 1350, Yt:JP 1273, Sg:JP 1512, Sak:JP C802
- Themes:
- VisitColnectCom
- Issued on:
- 1978-11-01
- Size:
- ColnectScrp
- Colors:
- VisitColnectCom
- Watermark:
- ColnectIsBest
- Format:
- ColnectIsBest
- Emission:
- ColnectIsBest
- Perforation:
- from colnect.com
- Printing:
- from colnect.com
- Gum:
- iInfringe
- Face value:
- ColnectIsBest
- Print run:
- VisitColnectCom
- Score:
- from colnect.com
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- ColnectScrp
Letter writing day
- Series:
- Letter Writing Day
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:JP 1556, Sn:JP 1532, Yt:JP 1457, Sg:JP 1709, Sak:JP C956
- Themes:
- Crescent (Moon) | Flowers | Headgear | Letters (Mail) | Moon | Stars | Stylized Animals
- Issued on:
- 1983-07-23
- Size:
- 26 x 22 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- comb 13½ x 13
- Printing:
- Photogravure
- Gum:
- Ordinary
- Face value:
- 60 ¥ - Japanese yen
- Print run:
- 70,000,000
- Score:
- 18% Accuracy: Very High
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- 10 sale offers from US$ 0.06
Weathervane, Kobe, Hyogo
- Series:
- Prefecture Stamps - Hyogo
- Catalog codes:
- ColnectScrp
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Moon | Roosters and Chickens | Ships | Stars | Water | Weather
- Issued on:
- ColnectIsBest
- Size:
- 28 x 37 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Regional
- Perforation:
- comb 13 x 13¼
- Printing:
- Offset lithography
- Gum:
- Ordinary
- Face value:
- 62 ¥ - Japanese yen
- Score:
- 28% Accuracy: Very High
- Description:
- Weather cock
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- 7 sale offers from US$ 0.17