The Koban Study Group 小判
2020-05-24
1Sen TORRES ex GF cover
Note reverse N ; P as I; I as L
4519 wider than 4491
IInd Battalion 10th infantry rgt.
(blue = postal info colour in german postal system of old, e.g. postage due amounts)
They used very "fat" blue crayon, particular in parcel system. - F EICHHORN
2020-05-23
TORRES-SENF album page ...
TORRES illustrations are irregular , dimensions and design elements vary widely
10sen thin
TORRES-ROBERT kobans
50s var... ex cover
per 1000
2020-05-22
15sen var ...
2020-05-21
1Sen TORRES
corner circles cut into frame; distorted ...
width varies G/F
10sen TORRES NC
TORRES frame thin;; no corner dots; TL space
2020-05-18
5Sen TORRES
TORRES thin frame ...
2020-05-17
10Sen TORRES
TORRES frame thinner
2020-05-15
TORRES 10sen forgery ...
note text upper frame. lack of detail corners
TORRES frame thinner ...
https://www.pixelruler.de/e/download.htm
15sen plate vars ...
2020-05-14
10Sen plate errors ...
2020-05-13
10sen colour error ...
JSCA 71
2020-05-11
4sen colour error ...
TORRES 10sen colour change
narrow frame
romaji
kanji
CHIOSSONE kobans ...
2020-05-08
Faked cover ...
GENIUINE
fake
2x 5Sen Kobans replaced by 10s sakura ...Yokohama red cancel does not cover 10s. Brown gum stained envelope ...
2020-04-29
4Sen broken frame var ...
unusual plate flaws...
broken cliche
2020-04-27
4Sen TORRES ... /w nujimaru
fake cancel not in H Endo index ...
4sen TORRES imperf
fake cancel not in H Endo index ...
Torres fantasy cancel
spiro miscuts ...PERFORATION errors
none match known sheet positions ...
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2sen new koban fake
IMPERIAL too close to oval
2sen new koban fake
IMPERIAL too close to oval
Maeda Kihei a.k.a. KAMIGATA
early litho 15sen with wada cancel ex KB1 Kam igata was not the producer of litho facsimiles attributed to him, but merely the publisher. ...
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