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   as issues were withdrawn, the IJPO sold the remainder sheets to dealers in japan, and abroad - usually at 25% face value.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 ...