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1874 Issue
4 Sen Red
(Engravedby A. Matsuda & S. Umemura) (RecessGovt. Ptg. Works Tokyo)
Printed on ordinary wove or porous paper
Short Perf 9 x 13 & Compounds
With syllabics (Japanese Characters) used for phte numbers
Col0m-schanged and an designs unified size
Genuine Foaeriea
1. Lozenges in the cornersof the inner fiame 1. Vary greatly in forgeries.
are fairly uniform in size and shape. 2. There is no dot on most forgeries.
2. The second blossom on the left paulownia
3. It touches the left fiame in some
stem shows the open end with adot enclosed. forgeries
3. The foliage is well clearof the side frame.
4. Usually thicker and bhmter in
4. The mssbranches atthe battom are thin forgeries.
and end in sharptaperedpoints.
Genuine copy of 4 Sen F o d copiesof 4 Sen
Die I Die 111 Die 111 Die III
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Wove paper
Wove paper M d Signed Forgeries
