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I can say with certainty that this is not a postage stamp.
I think it is a revenue, but I'll check a couple of resources I have and see if I can confirm this.
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This is a 'trade tax' stamp. I can't quite pin the date down, but this category of stamps was only used 1948-1949. (My guess was it was post-WW2 because the writing is left to right.)
It is Shimomura 21 in the 'trade tax' section. Unused or used catalog value as of 2003 was 30 yen, so about 30 cents.
Hope that's helpful!
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Let me amend my last post.
This stamp may also be Shimomura 5 in the same category. Without some heavy-duty translating, I can't determine the difference between #5 and #21. Nevertheless, it shows the same catalog value, unused or used, of 30 yen.
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Thank you so much for this information! I was sorting through an old collection from Japan and this was included. I was really stumped!
So that I can learn even more, please tell me more about this description:
"Shimomura 21 in the 'trade tax' section" - What catalogue is this? Or is it a specialty resource book? I have never heard of it.
Melanie
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One more question. Do you know what the symbol under the 1 stands for? I even searched an online site for Japanese symbols and could not find it. Thanks/
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Sure. That symbol under the 1 is the Japanese symbol for "yen". (It does also mean 'round', but I think if you encounter it on a stamp where it looks like it's a currency symbol, you could safely assume it's a Japanese stamp.)
There is/was a catalog for Japanese revenues, called "Standard Catalogue of the Japanese Revenue Stamps". It wasn't published that often. Mine is from 2003. Mr. Shimomura was the editor.
He passed away several years, and someone else took up its updating and publication. It's now called the "Furuya" catalog, and I'm afraid I don't have one yet.
The Shimomura catalog lists about 20 categories of 'fiscal' stamps, of which 'trade tax' is one. Others include 'silk', documentary, tobacco, medicine, justice, playing cards, among others.
For *each* type of revenue stamp, the numbers start from 1, so I was trying to specify the catalog number of the stamp for the 'trade tax' stamp listings.
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Thanks to both of you for this helpful information!
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You bet!
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Hi,
This is also listed in the Barefoot South East Asia Revenues catalogue.
This lists two sets with similar designs:
- The 1948 set is imperf.
- The 1949 is perf 13 x 13½ (apart from the 10 sen value which is rouletted).
The Barefoot number is Japan Sales Tax #21.
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Thank you Nigel!
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I have exhausted my on-line and reference resources on this one. It is not a revenue stamp (or so I have been told) but what is it? When was it issued and for what purpose? Thanks in advance.
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I can say with certainty that this is not a postage stamp.
I think it is a revenue, but I'll check a couple of resources I have and see if I can confirm this.
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re: Would like information about this Japanese stamp
This is a 'trade tax' stamp. I can't quite pin the date down, but this category of stamps was only used 1948-1949. (My guess was it was post-WW2 because the writing is left to right.)
It is Shimomura 21 in the 'trade tax' section. Unused or used catalog value as of 2003 was 30 yen, so about 30 cents.
Hope that's helpful!
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Let me amend my last post.
This stamp may also be Shimomura 5 in the same category. Without some heavy-duty translating, I can't determine the difference between #5 and #21. Nevertheless, it shows the same catalog value, unused or used, of 30 yen.
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Thank you so much for this information! I was sorting through an old collection from Japan and this was included. I was really stumped!
So that I can learn even more, please tell me more about this description:
"Shimomura 21 in the 'trade tax' section" - What catalogue is this? Or is it a specialty resource book? I have never heard of it.
Melanie
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One more question. Do you know what the symbol under the 1 stands for? I even searched an online site for Japanese symbols and could not find it. Thanks/
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Sure. That symbol under the 1 is the Japanese symbol for "yen". (It does also mean 'round', but I think if you encounter it on a stamp where it looks like it's a currency symbol, you could safely assume it's a Japanese stamp.)
There is/was a catalog for Japanese revenues, called "Standard Catalogue of the Japanese Revenue Stamps". It wasn't published that often. Mine is from 2003. Mr. Shimomura was the editor.
He passed away several years, and someone else took up its updating and publication. It's now called the "Furuya" catalog, and I'm afraid I don't have one yet.
The Shimomura catalog lists about 20 categories of 'fiscal' stamps, of which 'trade tax' is one. Others include 'silk', documentary, tobacco, medicine, justice, playing cards, among others.
For *each* type of revenue stamp, the numbers start from 1, so I was trying to specify the catalog number of the stamp for the 'trade tax' stamp listings.
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Thanks to both of you for this helpful information!
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You bet!
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Hi,
This is also listed in the Barefoot South East Asia Revenues catalogue.
This lists two sets with similar designs:
- The 1948 set is imperf.
- The 1949 is perf 13 x 13½ (apart from the 10 sen value which is rouletted).
The Barefoot number is Japan Sales Tax #21.
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Thank you Nigel!
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