JAPAN

Dragons and Denomination

Imperforate

1871

48M 100M 200M 500M

Perforated 9 - 12 & Compound

1872

1/2S 1S 2S 5S

Imperial Crest in Various Designs

Native Wove or Laid Paper, Perforated 9 to 13 and Compound

1872-73

1SBLUE

2SVERMILION

2SDULL ROSE

2SYELLOW

4SROSE

10SBLUE GREEN

30SGRAY10S

YELLOW GREEN20S

LILAC

Foreign Wove Paper

1874

30SGRAY4S

ROSE

1/2SBROWN

JAPAN

Imperial Crest in Various Designs

Native Wove or Laid Paper, Perforated 9 1/2 to 12 1/2 and Compound

1874

1/2SBROWN

1SBLUE

2SYELLOW

4SROSE

6SVIOLET BROWN

30SGRAY

10SYELLOW GREEN

20SVIOLET

2SYELLOW

6SVIOLET BROWN

30SGRAY20S

RED VIOLET

Foreign Wove Paper, Perforated 11 to 12 1/2 and Compound

1874

JAPAN

Imperial Crest, Dragons, and Other Designs

Perforated 9 to 13 and Compound

1875

1/2SGRAY

1SBROWN

4SGREEN

6SORANGE

SYLLABIC16 OR 17

6SORANGE

SYLLABIC20

10SULTRAMARINE

12SROSE

15SLILAC

20SROSE

30SVIOLET

45SLAKE

Without Syllabic Characters

1875

1SBROWN

4SGREEN

Branches of Kiri Tree with Ribbon, Imperial Crest and Kiri Branches

1875-76

1SBROWN

2SYELLOW

5SGREEN

JAPAN

Imperial Crest in Various Designs

Perforated 8 to 14 and Compound

1876-77

5SBROWN

6SORANGE

8SVIOLET BROWN

10SBLUE

12SROSE

5RSLATE

1SBLACK

2SBROWN OLIVE

4SBLUE GREEN

15SYELLOW GREEN

20SDARK BLUE

30SVIOLET

45SCARMINE

1879

1SMAROON

2SDARK VIOLET

3SORANGE

50SCARMINE

1883

1SGREEN

2SCARMINE ROSE

5SULTRAMARINE

JAPAN

Imperial Crest in Various Designs

Perforated 8 to 14 and Compound

1888-92

15SPURPLE

20SORANGE

25SBLUE GREEN

50SBROWN

1YCARMINE

5RGRAY BLACK

3SLILAC ROSE

4SOLIVE BISTER

8SBLUE LILAC

10SBROWN ORANGE

Cranes and Imperial Crest

1894

2S 5S

General Yoshihisa Kitashirakawa, and Field Marshal Akihito Arisugawa

1896

KITASHIRAKAWA

2S

5SARISUGAWA

2S

5S

JAPAN

Imperial Crest in Various Designs

Perforated 11 1/2 to 14 and Compound

1899-1907

2SLIGHT GREEN

3SVIOLET BROWN

3SROSE

4SROSE

5RGRAY

1/2SGRAY

1SLT. RED BROWN

1 1/2SULTRAMARINE

1 1/2SVIOLET

20SRED ORANGE

25SBLUE GREEN

50SRED BROWN

1YCARMINE

5SORANGE YELLOW

6SMAROON

8SOLIVE GREEN

10SDEEP BLUE

15SPURPLE

JAPAN

1 1/2SBLUE

3SCARMINE ROSE

Field-piece and Japanese Flag

1906

5YGREEN

10YDARK VIOLET

Empress Jingo

1908

3SCARMINE

Royal Wedding

1900

3SROSE RED

Symbols of Korea

and Japan

1905

Imperial Crest and Characters

Unwatermarked

1913

20SCLARET

25SOLIVE GREEN

1YYELLOW GREEN

AND MAROON

3SROSE

4SRED

5SVIOLET

10SDEEP BLUE

1/2SBROWN

1SORANGE

1 1/2SLIGHT BLUE

2SGREEN

JAPAN

Imperial Crest and Characters

Watermarked Zigzag Lines

Old Die - Size: 19 x 22 1/2mm

1914-25

1/2SBROWN

1SORANGE

1 1/2SBLUE

2SGREEN

3SROSE

4SRED

5SVIOLET

6SBROWN

8SGRAY

10SDEEP BLUE

13SOLIVE BROWN

20SCLARET

25SOLIVE GREEN

30SORANGE BROWN

50SDARK BROWN

1YYELLOW GREEN

AND MAROON

5YGREEN

10YVIOLET

New Die - Size: 18 1/2 x 22mm or 18 1/2 x 22 1/2mm

1924-33

1/2SBROWN

1SORANGE

1 1/2SBLUE

3SROSE

5SVIOLET

7SRED ORANGE

13SBISTER BROWN

25SOLIVE GREEN

30SORANGE AND

GREEN

50SYELLOW BROWNAND DARK BLUE

1YYELLOW GREEN

AND MAROON

JAPAN

Enthronement of Emperor Yoshihito

1915

4S1 1/2S 3S 10S

Nomination of Prince Heir Apparent

1916

1 1/2S 3S 10S

Restoration of Peace After World War I

1919

3S

1 1/2S

10S

4S

1 1/2S 3S

First Modern Census

1920

1 1/2S 3SS

Dedication of Meiji Shrine

1920

JAPAN

1 1/2S 3S

Visit of Crown Prince Hirohito to Taiwan

1923

50th Anniversary of Postal Service and Postal Stamps

1921

1 1/2S 4S

3S 10S

Return of Crown Prince Hirohito from Europe

1921

1 1/2S 3S 4S 10S

JAPAN

4SGREEN

4SORANGE

8SROSE

8SOLIVE GREEN

20SDEEP BLUE

20SBROWN VIOLET

Mt. Fuji

Old Die - Size: 19 x 22 1/2mm

1922-29

4SGREEN

4SORANGE

8SOLIVE GREEN

20SBLUE

20SBROWN VIOLET

New Die - Size: 18 1/2 x 22mm

1930-37

Cherry Blossoms, Sun and Dragonflies

Imperforate; Watermarked Parallel Lines

1923

1/2SGRAY

1 1/2SLIGHT BLUE

2SRED BROWN

3SBRIGHT ROSE

4SGRAY GREEN

5SDULL VIOLET

8SRED ORANGE

10SDEEP BROWN

20SDEEP BLUE

Empress Jingo

Perforated 12, 13 x 13 1/2; Watermarked Zigzag Lines

1924

5YGRAY GREEN

10YDULL VIOLET

JAPAN

25th Wedding Anniversary of Emperor Yoshihito and Empress Sadako

1925

3S 20S

1 1/2S 8S

2SGREEN

Mt. Fuji, Yomei Gate, and Nagoya Castle

1926-37

6SCARMINE

10SDARK BLUE

10SCARMINE

50th Anniversary of Japan's Joining the UPU

1927

6S 10S1 1/2S 3S

Enthronement of Emperor Hirohito

1928

1 1/2S 6S3S 10S

JAPAN

1 1/2S 3S

Rebuilding of Ise Shrines

1929

1 1/2S 3SS

Meiji Shrine

1930

1 1/2S 3S

Second Census

1930

1 1/2SLIGHT BLUE

3SROSE

Imperial Crest and Characters

Coil Stamps

1933

15th International Red Cross Congress

1934

1 1/2S 6S3S 10S

Visit of Emperor Kang Teh of Manchukuo

1935

1 1/2S 6S3S 10S

JAPAN

1 1/2SROSE CARMINE

Mt. Fuji

1935

Fuji - Hakone National Park

1936

1 1/2S 3S 6S

10S

1 1/2S3S 10S

30th Anniversary of Japanese Administration of

Kwangtung Leased Territory and South Manchuria Railway Zone

1936

Opening of New Diet Building, Tokyo

1936

1 1/2S 3S 6S

10S

JAPAN

Types of 1913-26

Watermarked Curved Wavy Lines

1937

1/2SBROWN

1SORANGE YELLOW

3SROSE

4SGREEN

5SVIOLET

7SRED ORANGE

8SOLIVE BISTER

20SBLUE

25SOLIVE GREEN

30SORANGE& GREEN

50SBROWN ORANGE

& DARK BLUE

1YYELLOW GREEN

& MAROON

5YGRAY GREEN

10YDULL VIOLET

6SCRIMSON

10SCARMINE

1 1/2SROSE CARMINE

"Wedded Rocks"

1936

Coil Stamp

1938

3SROSE

New Year's Decoration

1937

2SSCARLET

JAPAN

1/2PURPLE

1SFAWN

2SCRIMSON

3SGREEN

4SDARK GREEN

5SDK. ULTRAMARINE

Trading Ship and Others

Watermarked Curved Wavy Lines

1937-45

6SORANGE

7SDEEP GREEN

8SDARK PURPLE& PALE VIOLET

10SLAKE

1/2SPURPLE

2SCRIMSON

4SDARK GREEN

14SROSE LAKE

& PALE ROSE

12SINDIGO

14SROSE LAKE

& PALE ROSE

20SULTRAMARINE

25SDARK BROWN

& PALE BROWN

30SPEACOCK BLUE

50SOLIVE &

PALE OLIVE

1YBROWN &

PALE BROWN

5YDEEP GRAY

GREEN

10YDARK BROWN

VIOLET

Coil Stamps

Perforated 13 Horizontally

1938-39

JAPAN

Nikko National Park

1938

10S

2S 4S

20S

Daisen and Inland Sea National Parks

1939

2S 4S 10S

20S

Aso National Park

1939

2S 4S 10S

20S

JAPAN

Nikko National Park

1938

SOUVENIR SHEET OF 4

JAPAN

Daisen and Inland Sea National Parks

1939

SOUVENIR SHEET OF 4

JAPAN

Aso National Park

1939

SOUVENIR SHEET OF 4

JAPAN

75th Anniversary of the International Red Cross

1939

2S 4S 10S

20S

2,600th Anniversary of the Founding of Japan

1940

2S 10S4S 20S

50th Anniversary of the Imperial Rescript on Education

1940

2S 4S

JAPAN

Daisetsuzan National Park

1940

10S

Kirishima National Park

1940

2S 4S 10S

20S

2S 4S 20S

JAPAN

Daisetsuzan National Park

1940

SOUVENIR SHEET OF 4

JAPAN

Kirishima National Park

1940

SOUVENIR SHEET OF 4

JAPAN

SEMI-POSTAL STAMPS

2S + 2S

Douglas Plane Over Japan Alps

1937

3S + 2S 4S + 2S

JAPAN

AIR POST STAMPS

Regular Issue of 1914 Overprinted in Red or Blue

1919

1 1/2SBLUE

3SROSE

Passenger Plane Over Lake Ashi

1929-34

8 1/2S 9 1/2S 16 1/2S

18S 33S

SOUVENIR SHEET OF 4

Communications Exhibition Issue, Tokyo

1934

JAPAN

AIR POST STAMPS

JAPAN

MILITARY STAMPS

3SROSE

Unwatermarked

1906 Stamp

Overprinted

1910

3SROSE

1913 Stamp

Overprinted

1913

Watermarked Wavy Lines

3SROSE

Offices in China

Stamp Overprinted

1921

3SROSE

1914 Stamp

Overprinted

1914

OVERPRINT16MM HIGH

3SROSE

1914 Stamp

Overprinted

1924

JAPAN

OFFICES IN CHINA

2SLIGHT GREEN

3SVIOLET BROWN

3SROSE

4SROSE

5RGRAY

1/2SGRAY

1SLT. RED BROWN

1 1/2SULTRAMARINE

1 1/2SVIOLET

20SRED ORANGE

25SBLUE GREEN

50SRED BROWN

1YCARMINE

5SORANGE YELLOW

6SMAROON

8SOLIVE GREEN

10SDEEP BLUE

15SPURPLE

Stamps of 1899-1900 Overprinted

1900-06

3SCARMINE

Royal Wedding

1900

5YGREEN

10YDARK VIOLET

Empress Jingo Stamps of 1908 Overprinted

1908

JAPAN

OFFICES IN CHINA

20SCLARET

25SOLIVE GREEN

1YYELLOW GREEN

AND MAROON

3SROSE

4SRED

5SVIOLET

10SDEEP BLUE

1/2SBROWN

1SORANGE

1 1/2SLIGHT BLUE

2SGREEN

Stamps of 1913 Overprinted

Unwatermarked

1913

JAPAN

OFFICES IN CHINA

Stamps of 1914-21 Overprinted

Watermarked Zigzag Lines

1914-21

1/2SBROWN

1SORANGE

1 1/2SBLUE

2SGREEN

3SROSE

4SRED

5SVIOLET

6SBROWN

8SGRAY

10SDEEP BLUE

20SCLARET

25SOLIVE GREEN

30SORANGE BROWN

50SDARK BROWN

1YYELLOW GREEN

AND MAROON

5YGREEN

10YVIOLET

JAPAN

OFFICES IN KOREA

2SLIGHT GREEN

3SVIOLET BROWN

4SROSE

5RGRAY

1SLT. RED BROWN

1 1/2SULTRAMARINE

20SRED ORANGE

25SBLUE GREEN

50SRED BROWN

1YCARMINE

5SORANGE YELLOW

8SOLIVE GREEN

10SDEEP BLUE

15SPURPLE

Stamps of 1899-1900 Overprinted

1900-06

3SCARMINE

Royal Wedding

1900