TORRES 10sen botas

 

• shades vary
• some botas more common
• bota design S M L
• thin frame

TORRES 10sen fakes

 

• redrawn X shown in pair
• thin frame

TORRES 10sen fake

• wider design
• thin frame
• no corner dots
• X fake

 

MAEDA negative cross

 

• L item selling 45000 JY  
• DS mismatch
• genuine on R

IJPO 10sen plate flaw

 

• position D of cliche
• TOP frame broken
• BOTTOM dry print
• romaji oversize Top

MAEDA-Spiro 10sen B15

 

• shade moves from dark to light R2 -R5
• kanji error  - 5 for 10

TORRES 10sen fake

• missing corner dots
• corner shoes
• frame thin TR B
• oval fram break Top

 

TORRES 10sen fake

 

• oversize X obscures most design
• frame errore
• shade 
• width > genuine

TORRES 25sen FAKE

 

• POS1 2 and  3 BELOW

• romaji var
• SEN 
• kanji redrawn 
• redrawn inner frame 
• H/W vary
• plate 2x2

acquired from argentina, imperf

P AND T SCHOOL POST

• DEN SHIN in X 

Woodward Postage Stamps of Japan

• paper types analysed 
• koban perfs and prices
• CD reF on ebay

 

1yen fake on tourist sheet

 

1872-1889

• reverse 1   Yn distorted
• black dot in kiku

1883 U Kobans TORRES

TOKIO 1/19

litho and steel engraved  #5

5sen ID CHART

 

TORRES 5sen fake

• corner wings and wheel
• L or R frame thin and bent
• frame skewed
• smaller kanji 
• FM X fake
• SHADES do not match
• roman FM JUN oversize

IJPO 15sen var

 

all unlisted in JSCA  - assigned # 86v-p-b-#

TORRES 4sen fake

 

• TORRES kanji smaller
• TOKIO 1/19 fake

IJPO 20sen var ...

 

• 74v-p-f
• u
• 74v-p-a
• 74v-p-b
• 74v-p-c
• 
  

IJPO 15sen var

 

• new var
• 73v-p-c
• 73v-p-b
• 73v-p-a

TORRES 15sen postcard advertising ...

several european companies used images of japan in their adverts...   monestaries in france produced several postcard series from their printing presses.    note characteristics of the 15sen koban...