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1874 Issue

                           10 Sen Green

(Engravedby A. Matsuda & S. Umemura)                 (Recess Govt. Ptg. Works Tokyo)

             Printed on ordinary wove paper
               Perf 11 x 13 and compounds

             With syllabic8 (Japanese Characters) usedfor plate numbem

             Cahurs changed rad all                  unified size

                            4 u jk
                           1wk)
                           L 3. 1

                     Genuine                                               Forgeries
1.The heavy centre line of each dragon touches the   1. It usually stops short of the mane in forgeries.

  dragon's mane.                                     2. All 'syllabic' forgeriesare of syllabic(ro)a.
2. Stampsbearing syllabic (i)f or (&)&are genuine.
3. On genuine syllabic(ro), the lower inner pair of  3. On some f-es,  the attached portion is

  curls an right-hand dragon are separated from      "open", i-e., there is no line.
  the body by a solid line.
4. On most genuine W,the upper left serifon one      4. On most forgeries, the serif, if present,extends
  or both 'W's" extends both left and right of the     only to the left.

  upright.

             Note: sylhbicson native pfper rue forgeries

Genuine copv 10 Sen Green                            F o d copy 10 Sen Green

   (0            (m)                                       (ro) (m)
             Native Wove
Native Wove                                          Wads Forgery M d Signed

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