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1872-3 Issue
1 Sen Blue Matsuda Printing

(Engraved by A. Matsuda) (Recess Matsuda Kyoto)

Various native wove papers
Short Perf 9%x 12%& Compounds

1 Sen without syllabics
August 23,1873

This stamp had twentysixplates

949 I n a

Matsuda Printing

Genuine Forgery

1. The three top paulounia blossomsare usually 1. They arejoined at a common base on

slightly separ;ated f b m the base. most forgeries.

2. The lowest blossom on the right of paulounia 2. On forgeries it is attachedto the right-hand

stalk is almost always attachedto the left-hand stem.

stem.

3. The stem of the third paulounia leaf is d l y 3. It is rarely seenon f m e s .

shown

Genuine

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Matsuda Printing

Die Ill