Genuine

Issued 23 June 1876 – Scott #58 and Sakura #67

Forgeries with Genuine

Spiro

Lithographed

Type 1 & Type 2: No sankō – only 13 petals in crest

Wada Forgeries

Wada: Plate 4:

Engraved

 Six different printed cancels, no sankō

Wada: Plate 19

Lithographed

Without printed cancels and no sankō

This is a very deceptive forgery.  The difference in color is a clue, but the color of the genuine varies.  The most consistent difference is in the two lines of the outer frame.  The genuine has two lines close together with a wide white space before the rest of the design.   The Wada forgeries have two thicker lines and a small white space in all positions.

Position 3

Position 6