Please Help To Identify Japanese Revenues & Documents 1890's?

Hironobu,
Thank you very much for your time and contributions.

Andrew,
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Hironobu,

Without your help, these items would still be in my pending file for another twenty years or more!

At last with your help and thanks to the 'Stamp Community' for making this possible these items can be brought to the attention of like minded collectors and novices like myself and for persons who maybe have a slight interest in such material may consider collecting japanese revenue stamps in the future.

Its unfortunate there is a lack of publications or even very little has been published in the English language for collectors to consult and to be able to carry out further research.

Andrew

Andrew,

Thanks for the additions, which made things pretty clear.




This says "Diary Note, Taisho 6". The content shown looks like a personal account book, notifying incomes and expences.

Thus it seems pretty plausible that the owner has simply used the silkworm egg wrapper as the cover of his diary. The "nautical mile" stuff is likely to be a sort of memo, having no relevance to the wrapper nor the content of the diary.

I do love the design of the label, as my another hobby is entomology, especially collecting and researching moths (although my wife apparently is not very fond of it )

- Hironobu

Hironobu,

Thanks for your further thoughts on this label, I have just come across another pair of notes books with a custom made wrapper. Unfortunately most of the label as been removed. I will check other markings on the wrapper and if different I will post later.




It looks as we also share another hobby.... Just a digital picture of a tray from my entomological cabinet

'British hawk moths' - I am sure you will find interesting, some of these have been collected over 70 years ago.




Andrew

Hironobu,





Posting these final wrappers maybe they contain additional information Unfortunately the label on one of the wrappers, someone tried to remove.

I hope they are the correct way up, in not please advise and I will modify.



This wrapper may be related to the others?





Andrew


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Andrew,




Oh my lord, what a coincidence ! I believe we're born to be collectors Nice Sphingidae collection, I just love them all. Please allow me to go a bit off topic, but I cannot resist myself to show a scan from my moth book collection. This is the frontispiece of the book "The Common Moths of England", presumably issued in the beginning of the last century.



Back to topic,




It would help my neck if you can rotate it 90 degrees counterclockwise.

The title says "Diary (note) / Taisho 5", and judging from the strokes they should belong to the same owner. The red cachets on the diary note and the other wrapper are identical to the former wrapper.




This purple cachet could be read as a certificate seal of Silkworm Improvement Association, Minami-Aizu Gun (South Aizu County), Fukushima prefecture.

Thus all of your wrappers do have close relation with the silkworm industry of that area during the beginning of Taisho era.

Thanks for posting those interesting items.

- Hironobu

Hironobu,

Could not resist a final off topic comment.




The book is an early printing on the subject, circa 1870's. a nice addition to your moth book collection. I did have a similar item in my library.


Now back to the topic.

Thank you for the detailed analysis of the final two wrappers. I will need to consider the best way to display and write up the wrapper with the label.

Andrew

Hironobo,

Could you help in the translation of this postmark/cancel on fragments of documents?

I am sure the revenue stamps are 'Hasegawa' 2016 catalogue page 47 No. 187 – No watermark?





Many thanks

Andrew

Hello Andrew,

The cancellation chop says "Osaka Hygiene Laboratory"; More details to follow.

As for the revenue stamp, it would be No. 187 if it is white paper, and No. 209 if it is granite paper. Judging from the image I reckon it to be No 187, but please check for the paper for confirmation.

- Hironobu

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- Hironobu

Hello Hironobu,



Yes you are correct, the stamp indeed is no. 187 white paper and no watermark, thanks for giving your opinion. I am slowly coming to terms on how to use the catalogue. The colour photographs are a good visual aid, the Japanese text, I am having to guess, but so far so good.

I would go further and recommend this catalogue by Hasegawa for collectors of Japanese revenue stamps.

One further point in using this catalogue, for example on page 47 stamp No. 183 – reading left to right. There are three columns with prices, am I correct in assuming the following:

1st column – stamp on document etc
2nd column – mint stamp
3rd column – used stamp




Interesting chop cancellation and your detailed translation - thank you


Andrew

Andrew, I remember the catalogue listing was as such; I will confirm it this Tuesday after returning from my business trip and if possible add some more detail.


- Hironobu

Thank you Hironobu

Here is the page:




Andrew

Andrew, sorry but I had a poor memory;

- S: Specimen
- black star : Unused
- circle: Used

Rectangle is used for document with stamps for certain issues, such as hand engraved revenues.



- Hironobu

Hironobu,

Thank you for confirming the catalogue details.

I did notice that on page 47 there are only 3 columns but none for stamped documents, is it that they are hard to come by?

Andrew