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10723 Issue
1 Sen Blue G o v m e n t 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 twenty-six plates

4I 0 m

Government Printing
Plate I & II(Type I) Plate 111-IM ,XI-VIXX(Typc 111) and IX & X(Type 11)

Genuine

Die I

-- SankG Forgeries
Die I11
Wada Forgery
Die 111 (type 2)

(type 1)