I'm interested in some blocks I found in an album that were wrapped very nicely. Some have neat inking anomalies and another with a stunning double impression which I've never seen on a Japanese stamps before. But there are these two that I have questions about.


Scott mentions this series can have roulettes and private perforations, but was this rouletted #351 done privately or by the manufacturer? I can't find any examples online of private perforations or (private?) roulettes, but Scott mentions manufactured roulettes found occasionally in other years as well.

And this #358 on white paper has a marginal inscription that's different from what I've seen the Kyoto Philatelic Exhibition sheets of the same series. This one has 10 characters, and reads "Manufactured by Dai Nippon Imperial Printing Bureau". Were there two different manufacturers for the same series?