Japan Imperforate Without Denomination

Please help to identify Japanese stamp without clear Denomination.



Thanks

revenue stamp or official document stamp is my guess.

Aren't these stamps for the imperial palace??

It is a Revenue stamp - and the denomination is right down the centre: 30 Sen.

Thanks tonymacg, I tried to match the stamp to stamps described in 2 excellent sources but couldn't find the match:

http://eng.ssjp.dk/rev/eng/rev/overviewrev.html

http://www.isjp.org/static/files/pd...Revenues.pdf

Are you aware of any other similar quality sources?

Thanks for posting that second link,
That is a fabulous piece of work, not seen that pdf before.
A real "keeper"

It was interesting to find out the silk moth, in the border of the 1876 revenues.

I tried to match the stamp to stamps described in 2 excellent sources but couldn't find the match:

http://eng.ssjp.dk/rev/eng/rev/overviewrev.html

http://www.isjp.org/static/files/pd...Revenues.pdf

Are you aware of any other similar quality sources?

Sorry, but I don't collect Japan - I just read Japanese.

Found this dormant topic and just wanted to shed some light;

This revenue stamp (Japan) is a general revenue stamp, provisional imperforate issue from 1947. 30 Sen brown on white foreign paper, imperforate, watermark W5. Listed as #286 in Hasegawa catalogue 2019, #355 in Shimomura catalogue 1981 and #115 in Barefoot 2006.

Not an expensive stamp, but this one pretty attractive with nice selvage with edge marks.

- Hironobu

Thanks Hironobu,

I am presuming these are from the same set 1947?

Hi Rod,

your revenues could identified as follows (Hasegawa 2019 catalogue) -


1) green stamp:

General revenue, 10Sen green, Taisho Granite paper, W-4 (1916) #228

2) blue stamp:

General revenue, 50 Sen blue, Taisho white paper, W-4 (1937) #260

3) imperforate orange stamp, 2x2 block:

provisional Imperforate, 20 Sen Orange, could be

• lithograph, W-4 (1945) #272, or


• lithograph, white paper, W-4 (1945) #272a, or


• typograph, white paper, W-5 (1947) #285

4) imperforate brown stamp;

Provisional Imperforate, 30 Sen brown, on white paper, typograph, W-5 (1947) #286.

Please see this for watermarks.



Always amazed with your vast collection of revenue stamps !!!

- Hironobu

Hironobu,
I owe you an apology, not intended to deceive,
those last stamps are not mine.

I was out bid on that design in 2017, and have been on my "Unknown" list since then. ( I never had a decent Japan revenue catalogue until scf CALSTAMP gifted me one)

Those stamp images were attempts to solve the query, from ebay listings in 2020.
$3.27 and £8.99 respectively

I ceased buying Japanese revenues when they skyrocketed in value.

Thanks for Identification, fills a large gap in my knowledge and database.