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Stamps to expertise
by LME | Mar 16, 2019 | Cherry Blossom Stamps, Commemorative Stamps, Dragon Stamps, Japan, Koban Stamps | 29 comments
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Your opinion 228467
At our meeting we determined that this was a forgery. Later is was plated as a Wada forgery Plate A, position 3.
On the original example, I was struck by how thick the strokes were. (Almost as if the font had been set to ‘bold’ – lol!)
Was that an indicator of a forgery at all?
Not an indicator of a forgery. Instead it’s an indicator or heavier inking in the printing process.
Your opinion 228468?
At our meeting we determined that this was a forgery. Later is was plated as a Wada forgery Plate 12 position 1.
Your opinion 228582?
At meeting determined as a forgery. Later plated as a Wada forgery, Plate B, position 2.
Your opinion 228663?
At our meeting, it was determined that this stamp was a forgery with the sanko hidden beneath the fake cancel.
Later it was determined that this forgery was a Wada, plate 39, position 5.
Your opinion 228664?
At our meeting, it was determined that this stamp was a forgery with a sanko between the crest and the sun.
Later it was determined that this stamp was a Wada, plate 13, position 3.
Your opinion 228666?
A crude forgery. Forger undetermined.
Your opinion of APS228665?
A very beautiful genuine example of this stamp.
A follow-up question: have these been forged extensively?
Since they are quite valuable, I assume they’ve been forged to a least a small extent. Would that be a correct assumption?
No this stamp hasn’t been forged much at all.
600 ppi jpg
(will also upload 1200 ppi version; also have tiff versions available, but these jpgs have very little compression applied and have not been edited in that mode)
1200 ppi jpg
As a final confirmation that the stamp was indeed a 48mon, plate 1, position 22, we used Dt. Ichida’s book with had the drawing attached.
The initial opinion of genuine was rendered because the stamp had the secret mark on two dots in the bottom left shippo.
To confirm that this stamp is genuine after our initial opinion, we plated the stamp.
The easiest way to plate these stamps is to look for something in the margin. In the case of this stamp, there was a small brown extension at the at the bottom left corner. In searching through the picture of the plate, that same extension seemed to occur in position 22.
1200 ppi
At the meeting it was determined that this stamp was genuine by looking at a photo of the plate. It is a plate 1, position 34
Further confirmation came from Dr. Ichida’s book description of position 34.
1200 ppi
(adding additional words since it’s flagging this as a duplicate comment)
I was determined that this stamp was genuine and postion 8 of the 2 sen plate 2.
Further confirmation was found in the diagrams in Dr. Ichida’s book.
That’s amazing, and great news, about the 3 dragons!
Thank you all very much for working on these!
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I think the one thing I’ve learned is that this grasshopper has a great deal to learn. (More on this later …)