Chiosonne

Chiossone arrived in Tokyo on January 12, 1875. In the

same month the machines ordered arrived in

Yokohama.

From 1875 to 1891  

02.01.1876: Completion of eight original dies for then

Koban-stamps with nominal face value from 5 Rin to 15

Sen, Michel-Nos. 40 - 49 (Sakura Nos. 61, 62, 64, 67-

73).

07.03.1876: The bloc-of-four-die of the 5 Rin design

had been amplified 20-fold to form a die of 80 stamps

to produce corresponding printing plates.

17.05.1876: The first relief printing stamps of Japan,

Koban 5 Rin, 1 Sen and 2 Sen (Michel-Nos. 40 - 42;

Sakura Nos. 61, 62, 64) had been issued.

26.07.1876: Completion of the dies for domestic postal

stationary cards of 5 Rin and 1 Sen in Koban design.

Michel-Nos. 40 – 49 //  Sakura Nos. 61, 62, 64, 67-

73

19.09.1876: Issue of the first two postal stationary

cards of 5 Rin ochre and 1 Sen blue in relief printing.

29.06.1877: Issue of postal stationary covers in two

formats with Koban value imprint.

20.11.1877: Issue of the first postal stationary cards for

foreign use (UPU-cards) valued 3, 5 and 6 Sen.

The balance of his philatelic activities in the

Government Printing Office (insatsukyoku):

Stamps:

29 stamps within the period of 1876-92.

The two values of 25 Sen and 1 Yen issued in 1888 had

already been designed by Japanese.

Postal Stationaries:

Postcards: totally 20, covering 5 domestic postcards

1876-1888, 9 foreign postcards 1877-1898 (including 3

reply postcards). The total number includes 4 cards

with changed paper from 1892 and the two issues with

additional overprint "China" from 1910 using the Kobandesign.

Covers: one type "Koban-design with Guilloche-frame",

used for 4 different cover sizes from 1877-1888. These

four cards cannot definitely be assigned to Chiossone.

Sealing Stamp:

Official sealing stamp for foreign mails No. 1 with the

inscription "General Post Office of Japan".

The last stamps of the old Koban-issue appeared on

October 11, 1879. Afterwards, Chiossone didn't create

any more dies and plates for postal purposes.

Plates evolved from 4-pos cliche to 80-pos plate,  100-pos plate , and 400-pos plate