Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 2

JAPAN, Forgeries of the 1872 issue

Return To Catalogue - Japan Spiro forgeries of the 1872 issue - Japan

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Examples of some forgeries:

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Other forgeries:

(Note the two small Japanese characters just above the lower part of the circle in this forgery)

In the above 20 s forgeries, there are two 'San-ko' signs just outside the circle at the level of the lower Japanese characters in the left and right side.

This forgery of the 1 s value has the word 'Mo-zo' as lowest character in the central design (just above the crossing branches).

The word 'San-ko' can often be found included in the design of the forgeries, for an excellent website on these forgeries see: http://isjp.org/expert/Cherry_Blossoms/CB.html. It seems that 'Sanko' means 'reference' in Japanese. Examples of 'Sanko' forgeries:

(In this forgery the word 'San-ko' is written above the "S" of the lower word "SEN"; below the other characters of the central part of the stamp)