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Hi Spark,
It's a Chinese postal savings stamp.
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Look at the chinese characters on the bottom of the stamp;
referring to the one character all the way to the right - if this character is found on a stamp, it is almost guaranteed to be from China.
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Any year known or catalog number? If I get a copy of Scott for China, I would go to the Postal Savings section, usually in the latter part of the section. Like, Semi-postals usually start with a "B", reg. issues with an "A" and airmail with a "C". What do you think this would start with, "PS"?
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Uh-oh...found a thread from 2012 indicating others have found that these are not listed in Scott.
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Hi Spark,
I don't know any catalogues that list postal savings stamps other than Scott's listings in the Specialized US catalogue with the PS- and S-prefix stamps.
I'd be very interested to learn of any others.
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Randys' tip about the square character with vertical line running through it is a very good one. Japan also has a symbol that is on most all of its stamps, it is the Chrysanthemum.
It is usually top center on it's stamps. So the first thing you should always do when trying to figure out these similar looking stamps is to look for either of these. As noted
revenue stamps are not listed for either country in most catalogs. Revenues will have the
same characters on them. They are usually bi-colored for Japan and are usually a bit bigger and more square than regular issues. They are also commonly printed on colored paper.
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The challenge with postal savings stamps is that they are not usually included in revenue stamp catalogues either.
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All you guys are gentlemen and scholars, my deepest thanks for your help. I will let you know if I make further headway on this. Spark
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Chan has a specialized China Catalog that probably lists those.
I sold my China collection about 8 years ago & the Yang went with it so I can't be sure
I purchased my catalog from Michael Rogers
http://www.michaelrogersinc.com/books.html
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07:32:07am
"...referring to the one character all the way to the right -
if this character is found on a stamp, it is almost guaranteed
to be from China.v... "
A very good tell for Chinese issues.
The rectangular character on Japanese issues is more vertical
with a similar horizontal line through it's center so that
it looks like a window consisting of an upper and lower pane.
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I originally thought this was Chinese, but learned later it was Japanese. I have been trying to identify this for several years, have tried Scott catalogs, internet, collectible clubs etc. to no avail. Can anyone help me? I think it is from the '50s, the value font is close to that period with the underlined zeros. Thank you in advance, Spark
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re: Japanese revenue stamp?
Hi Spark,
It's a Chinese postal savings stamp.
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re: Japanese revenue stamp?
Look at the chinese characters on the bottom of the stamp;
referring to the one character all the way to the right - if this character is found on a stamp, it is almost guaranteed to be from China.
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re: Japanese revenue stamp?
Any year known or catalog number? If I get a copy of Scott for China, I would go to the Postal Savings section, usually in the latter part of the section. Like, Semi-postals usually start with a "B", reg. issues with an "A" and airmail with a "C". What do you think this would start with, "PS"?
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re: Japanese revenue stamp?
Uh-oh...found a thread from 2012 indicating others have found that these are not listed in Scott.
Spark.
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re: Japanese revenue stamp?
Hi Spark,
I don't know any catalogues that list postal savings stamps other than Scott's listings in the Specialized US catalogue with the PS- and S-prefix stamps.
I'd be very interested to learn of any others.
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re: Japanese revenue stamp?
Randys' tip about the square character with vertical line running through it is a very good one. Japan also has a symbol that is on most all of its stamps, it is the Chrysanthemum.
It is usually top center on it's stamps. So the first thing you should always do when trying to figure out these similar looking stamps is to look for either of these. As noted
revenue stamps are not listed for either country in most catalogs. Revenues will have the
same characters on them. They are usually bi-colored for Japan and are usually a bit bigger and more square than regular issues. They are also commonly printed on colored paper.
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re: Japanese revenue stamp?
The challenge with postal savings stamps is that they are not usually included in revenue stamp catalogues either.
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re: Japanese revenue stamp?
All you guys are gentlemen and scholars, my deepest thanks for your help. I will let you know if I make further headway on this. Spark
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re: Japanese revenue stamp?
Chan has a specialized China Catalog that probably lists those.
I sold my China collection about 8 years ago & the Yang went with it so I can't be sure
I purchased my catalog from Michael Rogers
http://www.michaelrogersinc.com/books.html
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07:32:07am
re: Japanese revenue stamp?
"...referring to the one character all the way to the right -
if this character is found on a stamp, it is almost guaranteed
to be from China.v... "
A very good tell for Chinese issues.
The rectangular character on Japanese issues is more vertical
with a similar horizontal line through it's center so that
it looks like a window consisting of an upper and lower pane.
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