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Hi,
Yes, this is a 1948 3 yen Japanese sales tax stamp.
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Thanks, Nigelc. I thought that I found it once in Japan, but for the life of me, couldn't find it again.
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One of the ways you can usually tell the difference between Japanese and Chinese stamps is by a character that is almost always present on stamps of Japan but not on stamps of China. It is the first character at the bottom of your stamp. It is a square with a horizontal line running through the center. It's position may be any where on the stamp but if it's there it is from Japan. It is not found on the earliest stamps from Japan but is on most all stamps after 1876.
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This is the nichi character which forms the first part ("Ni") of the name of Japan ("Nippon" or "Nihon") in Kanji.
I was hoping the Unicode character would appear in this post but sadly it didn't so I edited it out.
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Nigelc, Thanks for clarifying the meaning of that character. I figured it had something to do with the spelling of Japan but that was the extent of what I thought I knew.
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Not sure if this is a Japanese or China revenue stamp. Hope someone can help.
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Hi,
Yes, this is a 1948 3 yen Japanese sales tax stamp.
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Thanks, Nigelc. I thought that I found it once in Japan, but for the life of me, couldn't find it again.
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re: Japan Revenue?
One of the ways you can usually tell the difference between Japanese and Chinese stamps is by a character that is almost always present on stamps of Japan but not on stamps of China. It is the first character at the bottom of your stamp. It is a square with a horizontal line running through the center. It's position may be any where on the stamp but if it's there it is from Japan. It is not found on the earliest stamps from Japan but is on most all stamps after 1876.
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re: Japan Revenue?
This is the nichi character which forms the first part ("Ni") of the name of Japan ("Nippon" or "Nihon") in Kanji.
I was hoping the Unicode character would appear in this post but sadly it didn't so I edited it out.
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Nigelc, Thanks for clarifying the meaning of that character. I figured it had something to do with the spelling of Japan but that was the extent of what I thought I knew.
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