by Lois Evans | 2022 Jan 21 | Cherry Blossom Stamps
Altered Genuine Stamps Altered Genuine Stamps Two type of genuine Japanese stamps are known altered to make more a more valuable stamp. Altered syllabics on Cherry Blossom stamp of 1874-1875. Erased specimen overprint called sumiten (black dot) to make a mint stamp....
by Lois Evans | 2021 Dec 17 | Dragon Stamps
Private Souvenir Sheet of the 500 Mon Invert 500 Mon Dragon, Plate 1, Position 8 Inverted Value Characters in Black Where this stamp had been for the first eighty years of it life will never be known. A young man from Pennsylvania inherited this stamp from his...
by Lois Evans | 2021 Dec 9 | Dragon Stamps
Private Souvenir Sheets from the 1950’s and 60’S Japan Stamp Center Reproductions Dragon Stamps – 1954 In 1954, the Japan Stamp Center in Tokyo produced a series of Dragon forgeries from engraved dies. The same dies were used for the mon stamps and...
by Lois Evans | 2021 Dec 5 | Dragon Stamps
Reproductions – 100th Anniversary of Japan’s First Stamps (1871) Dragon Reproductions – 100th Anniversary (1971) 1971 Presentation Items – Engraved and Offset-Lithographed – First Dragon Issues Engraved Sheet Early in 1971,...
by Lois Evans | 2021 Nov 30 | Dragon Stamps
Official Dragon Reproductions Dragon Reproductions The 1896 Official Reproduction of the 1872 1 sen & 2 sen Dragon Stamps Five hundred copies were produced for mounting in the book, Dai Nippon Teikoku Yubin Kitte Enkakushi. Subtitled in English...
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