Stamp catalog : Stamp › Chrysanthemum - 3 sen dull maroon

Country:: Japan
Series:: Chrysanthemum (1899-1907)
Catalog codes:: CopyWrong
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Themes:: Coats of Arms | Emperors | Flowers
Issued on:: CopyWrong
Size:: 21 x 26 mm
Colors:: Lilac brown | Violet
Watermark:: No Watermark
Designers:: Tomazo Saito
Format:: Stamp
Emission:: Definitive
Perforation:: Various
Printing:: Typography
Face value:: 3 Japanese sen
Score:: 10% Accuracy: Very High
Description:: SG colour = "dull maroon".
There were increasingly insistent calls for the government to change the design of the Small Coin stamp, which had been in use for many years. It was replaced by a stamp whose design featured a large imperial chrysanthemum crest in the middle. This new design reflected the views of government and society at the time.
The English words identifying the country of origin as seen on the small coin stamp were also removed.
These stamps are commonly called the 'Chrysanthemum stamps.' They were used until 1913.
Part of the design of the Chrysanthemum stamps showed a post town bell, which was the symbol of transport and communications in Japan.
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