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I 1Japanese
Cherry Blossom Issue 1872 to 1876

1875 Issue

lh Sen Grey

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

Printed on porous or native wove papers
Short Perf 181h x 121h and compounds

With syllabi- (Japanese Characters) used for plate numbers
Coloum changed and all designs unXied size

+! -46-

Forgeries of (ro) and (ha) exist:
all plate (i) are forgeries

Genuine
1. Stems of the flower pass in h n t of first leaf
2. Curved ends of comer ornamentsend in balls .
3. A short stem connects the third and fourth leaf

- Die III Die 111
Die 111
(m)
M o d Signed Forgery