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Japan
 
 
Lot Photo Description Realized
Lot 253
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Japan, 1871, Dragon, 200m Plate 1, Laid Paper, Mihon Overprint, #3 Sp, ungummed, pos. 28, just touching top left to clear margins all round, Fine overall.
Sakura #3.
Estimate $150-200.
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Realized
$115
Lot 254
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Japan, 1871, Dragon, 200m Vermilion, Plate 1, Laid Paper, #3, ungummed, nice margins all round, beautiful color, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Sakura #3.
Scott $450.
Estimate $250-300.
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$403
Lot 255
  Withdrawn Unsold
Lot 256
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Japan, 1871, Dragon, 500m Yellow Green, Plate 1, Laid Paper, #4c, earliest type of Kensagumi cancel, large margins all round, Very Fine.
Sakura #4 var.
Scott $1,500.
Estimate $500-700.
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$920
Lot 257
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Japan, 1872, Dragon, 1s Blue, Plate 1, Laid Paper, #6b, ungummed, usual perfs, Fine.
Scott $1,400.
Estimate $350-450.
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$604
Lot 258

Japan, 1872, Cherry Blossom, ½s, Matsuda Printing, Type III, Native Wove Paper, "Kihan" Error, #9a, full crackly o.g., few short perfs, Fine to Very Fine for the issue.
Scott $2,100. , scarce .
Estimate $600-800.
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$1,955
Lot 259
  Withdrawn Unsold
Lot 260
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Japan, 1874, Cherry Blossom, 30s Gray, Very Thin Native Wove Paper, Syllabic 1 ("I"), #31, heavy cancel resulting in slight soiling, very well centered, Fine and scarce.
Sakura #25.
Scott $3,000.
Estimate $600-800.
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Realized
$460
Lot 261
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Japan, 1874, Cherry Blossom, 4s Rose, Foreign Wove Paper, Syllabic 1 ("I"), #35, unused, small thin not mentioned in cert., nice color, attractive Very Fine appearance, 2007 ISJP cert.
Scott $3,500. , scarce .
Estimate $600-800.
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$1,208
Lot 262
  Withdrawn Unsold
Lot 263
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Japan, 1877, Old Koban, 20s, 30s, 45s Punched Hole Imperfs, #65-67 Sp, specimen horiz. pairs, excellent margins all round, immaculate and Very Fine.
Sakura #74-76 Sp, , very rare .
Estimate $1,000-1,200.
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Lot 264
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Japan, 1899-1907, Chrysanthemums, 5r-1y Kanji Mihon Overprints, #91-108Sp, ungummed, missing 5r from set, but incl. #99a shade.
Sakura #102-118SP, , very difficult to find as complete as this, scarce .
Estimate $1,000-1,500.
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Realized
$805
Lot 265
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Japan, 1914, Tazawa, 1½s, 3s, Booklet Pane of 6, #129a, 131a, exploded with original tissue paper and booklet covers, very fresh and scarce, Fine to Very Fine.
J.S.C.A. #BP12, 14 50,000+ yen.
Estimate $150-200.
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Realized
$322
Lot 266
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Japan, 1925, 1½s Emperor's Silver Wedding Imperforate Proof Pair, #190P, ungummed, horiz., excellent margins all round, immaculate and Very Fine.
Sakura #C38 var., , rare .
Estimate $300-400.
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$265
Lot 267
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Japan, 1938, 20s Nikko National Park Imperf Proof, #283P, ungummed, vert. pair, nice margins all round, Very Fine and rare.
Sakura #P8P.
Estimate $300-400.
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Realized
$518








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