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SUTHERLAND PHILATELICS, PO BOX 448, FERNY HILLS D C, QLD 4055, AUSTRALIA Page 1 SG Sakura Michel Year Air Particulars MUH Mint MNG Fine Usd Used Sutherland Philatelics PO Box 448 Ferny Hills D C, Qld 4055 Australia ABN: 69 768 764 240 website: sutherlandphilatelics.com.au e-mail: [email protected] phone: international: 61 7 3851 2398; Australia: 07 3851 2398 JAPAN including PREFECTURES & RYUKYU ISLANDS List Structure: Commemoratives, definitives, national parks, quasi-national parks, special correspondence and greetings stamps are listed in approximately SG number order Lottery Prize Mini Sheets Prefecture Stamps (Furusato) Prefecture Booklets Prefecture Panes Definitive Sheetlets & Panes Military Frankings (see Foreign List for Japanese Occupation issues) Booklets & Panes Broklen Sets Postal Stationery Miscellaneous Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa) To find an item in this list, please use Adobe's powerful search function. We obtain our stock from collections we purchase. We do not have a Japan supplier. Consequently, where something is unpriced, we do not have it at present. We list all items we have in stock, including broken sets, and singles from sets. Prices subject to change without notice. Please note that GST (currently 10%) is applicable from 1 July 2000. International sales are GST free. The prices in this list INCLUDE GST All prices are in Australian Dollars. E&OE CREDIT CARDS: VISA & MASTERCARD ACCEPTED -- MIN $30 SUTHERLAND PHILATELICS, PO BOX 448, FERNY HILLS D C, QLD 4055, AUSTRALIA Page 2 SG Sakura Michel Year Air Particulars MUH Mint MNG Fine Usd Used Stamps without gum A large number of early Japanese stamps were issued without gum - [NG]. These stamps, in the condition in which they were issued, are listed as MUH. These stamps, which have been hinged, are listed as Mint. These stamps, which have been obviously washed, are listed as MNG. The MNG category is almost exclusively for stamps which were issued with gum but which has been washed off. PAPERS Native paper = Japan manufactured paper Ordinary paper = foreign manufactured paper Laid paper - ribbed paper (ribs are parallel and usually horizontal) Wove paper = meshed paper where the mesh is so fine it gives a smooth uniform un-ribbed surface with the mesh not visible to the naked eye Pelure paper - a thin, hard, rough, semi-transparent paper. It can be brittle. STANLEY GIBBONS Lottery Prize Mini Sheets, which were in the main list, have now been removed, renumbered and listed as Lottery Prize MinI Sheets. Prefecture Stamps, previously unnumbered, are now listed chronologically by Prefecture, and are numbered. P-Stamps are not listed. SAKURA Stamps are sectionalised by type. Prefixes and suffixes explained below identify the type. Number Nomenclature Definitive stamps are shown without a prefix, eg "36". Special correspondence stamps are shown without a prefix, eg "36". Commemorative stamps are shown with a "C" prefix, eg "C36". National Parks and Quasi-National Parks stamps are shown with a "P" prefix, eg "P36". Airmail stamps are shown with an "A" prefix, eg "A36". New Year's Greetings stamps are shown with an "N" prefix, eg "N36". New Year's Greetings M/S are shown with an "N" prefix and an "A" suffix, eg "N36A". Lottery stamps are shown with an "N" prefix, eg "N36". Lottery M/S are shown with an "N" prefix and an "A" suffix, eg "N36A". [where both New Year's Greetings and Lottery stamps are issued in the one year, the numbers differentiate the issues] Greetings stamps are shown with a "G" prefix, eg "G36". Military stamps are shown with a "M" prefix, eg "M36". Prefecture Stamps (Furusato) are shown with an "R" prefix, eg R36". Prefecture M/S (Furusato) are shown with an "R" prefix and an "A" suffix, eg R36A". Prefecture (straight edge) panes (Furusato) are shown with an "R" prefix and a "P" suffix, eg R36P". P-stamps are shown with a "PH" prefix, eg "PH36". Overseas Post Offices Abroad stamps are shown with an "OK" prefix, eg "OK36". Various miscellaneous issues are shown with other prefixes such as "E", "TE", "H", "1L", "2L", "3L", "O" etc. Booklets are shown with a "B" prefix, eg "B36". Booklet panes are shown with a "BP" prefix, eg "BP36". Okinawa (Ryukyu Islands) stamps are shown as a separate series without a prefix, eg "142". MICHEL All stamps are listed chronologically in a single list. This includes Prefectures and P-Stamps. Number Nomenclature suffix "Zf" = zierfeld = attached label prefix "K" = Kleinbogen = sheeltet prefix "F" = Folienblatt = self adhesive sheetlet Perforations suffix "A" = main perforation for the issue, eg P13 x 13½ suffix "B" = secondary perforation , eg P13 x 15; imperf 4 sides suffix "C" = Imperf on 2 parallel sides (coils), eg Imp x P15 suffix "D" = Imperf on 1 side, eg Imp T(op) or B(ottom) suffix "E" = Imperf on 2 adjacent sides, eg Imp R(ight) & B(ottom) Papers suffix "x" = ordinary paper suffix "y" = phosphor or fluor paper Watermarks suffix "X" = upright suffix "Y" = sideways CREDIT CARDS: VISA & MASTERCARD ACCEPTED -- MIN $30 SUTHERLAND PHILATELICS, PO BOX 448, FERNY HILLS D C, QLD 4055, AUSTRALIA Page 3 SG Sakura Michel Year Air Particulars MUH Mint MNG Fine Usd Used Currency - 4000 mon = 16 shu = 4 bu = 1 ryo Dragon Series Values in black - Imperf - issued without gum Values in Mons Native (Japanese) LAID Paper 1 1(1) 1 Ix 1871 48m brown - Type I 2 1(2) 1 IIx 48m brown - Type II 335.40 3 2(1) 2 Ix 100m blue - Type I 288.45 4 2(2) 2 IIx 100m blue - Type II 5 3(1) 3 Ix 200m vermilion - Type I 6 3(2) 3 IIx 200m vermilion - Type II 2,012 7 4(1) 4 Ix 500m pale yellow green - Type I 8 4(2) 4 IIx 500m pale yellow green - Type II Native WOVE paper 9 1 Iy 48m brown - Type I 10 1 IIy 48m brown - Type II 11 2 Iy 100m blue - Type I 12 2 IIy 100m deep blue - Type II 13 3 Iy 200m vermilion - Type I 14 3 IIy 200m orange-vermilion - Type II 15 4 Iy 500m pale yellow green - Type I 16 4 IIy 500m deep greenish blue - Type II New Currency - 1000 rin = 100 sen = ¥1 (yen) Dragon Series Values in black - issued with & without gum Rough irregular perfs - P9 to 12½ Thin Native LAID Paper 17 5 5 IIax 1872 ½s brown - Types II & III 17a 5 IIbx ½s grey 18 6 6 Ix 1s deep blue - Type I 19 6 IIx 1s blue - Type II 20 6 IIIx 1s blue - Type III 21 7 7x 2s orange vermilion - Type II 22 8 8x 5s green ~ blue green - Type II 670.75 Medium to thick Native WOVE Paper 23 5 5 II-IIIay ½s brown - Types II & III 24 6 6 I-IIIy 1s deep blue - Types I, II & III 25 7 7y 2s vermilion - Type II 603.70 26 8 8y 5s green - Type II Thin Native PELURE Wove Paper 27 5 ½s brown - Type II 167.70 29 6 1s pale blue - Type II 31 7 2s vermilion - Type II 32 8 5s green - type II Cherry Blossom Series hard native wove paper Short P9½ to 12½ 34 9 9 1872 ½s red brown 34a ½s brown 35 10 10 1s intense blue 36 11 11 2s vermilion 37 12 13a 10s blue green 37a 13b 10s green 38 13 14 20s violet (missing perf top left) 308.00 38a 20s lilac 39 14 15 30s black 536.60 Cherry Blossom Series soft native laid papers Long P10 to 13 40 15 ½s grey bown 41 16 1s blue 42 17 2s red 43 20 10s pale yellow green 44 21 20s red violet wove paper 40a 15 ½s grey bown 41a 16 1s blue 42a 17 2s red 43a 20 10s pale yellow green CREDIT CARDS: VISA & MASTERCARD ACCEPTED -- MIN $30 SUTHERLAND PHILATELICS, PO BOX 448, FERNY HILLS D C, QLD 4055, AUSTRALIA Page 4 SG Sakura Michel Year Air Particulars MUH Mint MNG Fine Usd Used Cherry Blossom Series New colours & values soft native laid papers 45 18 16 1873 2s yellow 46 19 12 4s dull rose wove paper 45a 18 16 2s yellow 46a 19 12 4s dull rose First Transitional Group Ordinary wove paper (foreign paper) - P11 to 12 Without Syllabics 47 26 21 1874 4s red 48 27 24x 30s grey Wove & laid soft native papers - P9 to 12½ With Syllabics 49 22 20 2s yellow - Syll 1 2s yellow - Syll 16 50 23 17 6s violet brown - Syll 1 6s violet brown - Syll 2 6s violet brown - Syll 3 6s violet brown - Syll 4 6s violet brown - Syll 5 6s violet brown - Syll 6 6s violet brown - Syll 7 6s violet brown - Syll 8 6s violet brown - Syll 9 6s violet brown - Syll 10 6s violet brown - Syll 11 6s violet brown - Syll 12 51 24 20s red violet - Syll 1 20s red violet - Syll 2 20s red violet - Syll 3 52 25 24y 30s black - Syll 1 Ordinary wove (foreign) or porous paper- P11 to 12 With Syllabics 53 28 ½s brown - Syll 1 ½s brown - Syll 2 54 29 1s blue - Syll 1 1s blue - Syll 2 1s blue - Syll 3 1s blue - Syll 4 1s blue - Syll 5 1s blue - Syll 6 1s blue - Syll 7 1s blue - Syll 8 1s blue - Syll 9 1s blue - Syll 10 1s blue - Syll 11 1s blue - Syll 12 55 30 2s yellow - Syll 1 2s yellow - Syll 2 2s yellow - Syll 3 2s yellow - Syll 4 2s yellow - Syll 5 2s yellow - Syll 6 2s yellow - Syll 7 2s yellow - Syll 8 2s yellow - Syll 9 2s yellow - Syll 10 2s yellow - Syll 11 2s yellow - Syll 12 2s yellow - Syll 13 2s yellow - Syll 14 2s yellow - Syll 15 2s yellow - Syll 16 2s yellow - Syll 17 2s yellow - Syll 18 2s yellow - Syll 19 - porous paper 2s yellow - Syll 20 2s yellow - Syll 20 - porous paper 2s yellow - Syll 21 2s yellow - Syll 21 - laid paper 2s yellow - Syll 22 2s yellow - Syll 22 - laid paper CREDIT CARDS: VISA & MASTERCARD ACCEPTED -- MIN $30 SUTHERLAND PHILATELICS, PO BOX 448, FERNY HILLS D C, QLD 4055, AUSTRALIA Page 5 SG Sakura Michel Year Air Particulars MUH Mint MNG Fine Usd Used 1874 2s yellow - Syll 23 (ctd) 2s yellow - Syll 23 - laid paper 56 31 4s red - Syll 1 637.20 57 32 17 6s violet brown (syllabic obscured by postmark) 93.95 6s violet brown - Syll 10 6s violet brown - Syll 11 - porous paper 6s violet brown - Syll 13 6s violet brown - Syll 14 6s violet brown - Syll 15 6s violet brown - Syll 16