FM Bryans # 18 ...

this FM bota should be added to the JPS 2008 handbook ...

it is unknown which PO was assigned the obliterator, possibly Tokio

first occurence noted.

JPS 2008 cancel guide ...

having worked with this guide for some weeks, I recommend it ....

the foreign mail section has been audited , bringing forward new indicia from the Nishino study ... for telegraph enthusiasts, this section has been expanded greatly ... the small double-circle cancels are a fine way to represent kobans ...

this is not a price guide : but aids research. I relate my koban imitation study constantly ... defining the imitation indicia.  the graphs show section 322 : foreign mail - by PO and year ...

3sen plate anomoly ...

parallex : skewed features due to lack of of orthogonality...   renichi yamada notes in his 2009 monograph - this 3sen occurence -  UR corner left.

certain positions are misaligned on the 400u 3sen rose plate.   so relative to perforation, they are askew, or offset right.

as this plate derived from the 100u old koban 3sen plate,  similar anomolies are likely.   further, as the M4 imitation frames derived from same plate - even they should exhibit this askewed nature.

like history, errors repeat ...   in photography, parallex shows rectangles as rhomboids - if the lense is not orthogonally centred ...  horizon scales are important.   today, so many stamps at auction are shot at angles that produce poor images.

maeda's composite plates ... batz method

fig 1 - enlarged detail of 10sen genuine frame - note the design merges with value.

fig 2 - maeda K series M2-10sen : 2 shades .   note the frame design.

corner shadow boxes are evident.

the Batz method was innovation in denmark to produce "bi-color" issue and also influenced the norge posthorn production ...  basic design elements frame and design were isolated on 1 plate; and value and text layered on a second plate ...   work saving method.

unknowingly,  maeda used similar approach with block/screen transfer ...  see fig 3 below  - merge lines on M3-osaka.    

what is signifigant also - this places the 10sen in bota group of imitations .   the isjp 2002 CD only records
nijumaru types.

remarks on kobans ...

10sen /w KxE bota and 2 red marks ?

rev 50sen red /w fold and signature

can anyone provide more information ?

1871 announcement ....

collage technique ... adverts

the image is a serigraph of the main Tokio post office ...  the image was reproduced several times on adverts.

... a collage technique was used to add the imitations 1yen green .   trappist monks in France, were also teaching printing ...

stanley gibbons in yokohama ... c1900

stanley gibbons sold his stamp business and became a world traveller.  visiting japan
he remarked the scarcity of stamp boutiques.   however, it is unclear whether he reached Tokio and beyond ...   as issues were withdrawn, the IJPO sold the remainder sheets to dealers in japan, and abroad - usually at 25% face value.

his first encounter was no doubt with Takahashi ...

1893 correspondence

Yamazaki ...

Kanazawa , capital of Ishikawa prefecture, was built on the site of the old village of Yamazaki - seat of the Maeda clan (16th-19th cent.)   note the long pilgrimage to tokio ...

1860 0.5 groshen - hannover de

Chiossone worked and studied in germany and england before being assigned to japan.   the design shown, influenced both the norway posthorn ; and the japanese koban series ...

Batz of denmark, trained the designor of posthorn.  electro-typing of cliches assigned in a random matrix of 100 .   the Norge posthorn series predated the 1876 kobans ... however, chiossone borrowed design elements for the 5 sen brown ...



an interesting parallel.

dies and kobans ...

the item on right is suspect - with anomolies that imply possible rotary press reprint.  lack of detail, extraneous dots and well placed cancels.   the JSCA koban section does not focus on die size as an important parameter.

only taisho section draws attention to die-size.   when examining kobans, always bear this in mind.

comments welcomed from readers...

5sen spiro sheet : 05b-03 B6

the positions are remarked ... my thought is the sheet woodblock is N-N-N  ... that is Nagasaki overall.  anyone with other positions, or scans please contact me.  I am mapping the cancel blocks or MXC.