Liz, try this (I'm at work, on a computer with an outdated browser, so I cannot do it).
Go to Google, click on Images, and in the search box see if there is a little camera icon. If there is, click on it, and in the box that pops up, either upload this scan or type in the URL for it http://stamporama.com/upload/2000264150.jpg
Google will find other instances of that image on the web, and, hopefully, you will find out what it is.
Tedski
Wow! Thank you Tedski. I learned something new tonight thanks to you.
With the help of an on-line Japanese translator I have determined that this is a Japanese Revenue Stamp issued I think on July 24, 2009.
Liz
Yes, Tedski, Thank You! I have many stamps that I can't identify using a book, and I'm reluctant to post them and ask for help because there are so many. You've saved what's left of my sanity.
in this particular case, there are a few things that could have led you to a Japanese revenue stamp:
1. The "8" like character on the top of the left column of characters always indicates Japan.
2. The character that looks like "EP" tells you it is a revenue.
Jan-Simon
Thank you Jan-Simon
I was fairly certain that it was a Japanese issue of some sort, but of course I couldn't find it in the Scott catalogue or the Sakura catalogue.
If the picture is already online, you can simply drag the picture into the image search box.
re: Country (Japan) & Scott Catalogue # if possible - Internet Image Search Tip
Liz, try this (I'm at work, on a computer with an outdated browser, so I cannot do it).
Go to Google, click on Images, and in the search box see if there is a little camera icon. If there is, click on it, and in the box that pops up, either upload this scan or type in the URL for it http://stamporama.com/upload/2000264150.jpg
Google will find other instances of that image on the web, and, hopefully, you will find out what it is.
Tedski
re: Country (Japan) & Scott Catalogue # if possible - Internet Image Search Tip
Wow! Thank you Tedski. I learned something new tonight thanks to you.
With the help of an on-line Japanese translator I have determined that this is a Japanese Revenue Stamp issued I think on July 24, 2009.
Liz
re: Country (Japan) & Scott Catalogue # if possible - Internet Image Search Tip
Yes, Tedski, Thank You! I have many stamps that I can't identify using a book, and I'm reluctant to post them and ask for help because there are so many. You've saved what's left of my sanity.
re: Country (Japan) & Scott Catalogue # if possible - Internet Image Search Tip
in this particular case, there are a few things that could have led you to a Japanese revenue stamp:
1. The "8" like character on the top of the left column of characters always indicates Japan.
2. The character that looks like "EP" tells you it is a revenue.
Jan-Simon
re: Country (Japan) & Scott Catalogue # if possible - Internet Image Search Tip
Thank you Jan-Simon
I was fairly certain that it was a Japanese issue of some sort, but of course I couldn't find it in the Scott catalogue or the Sakura catalogue.
re: Country (Japan) & Scott Catalogue # if possible - Internet Image Search Tip
If the picture is already online, you can simply drag the picture into the image search box.