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STAMPS ON STAMPS COLLECTORS CLUB |
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The 100th Anniversary of the first Stamp on stamp, By Lou Guadagno |
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One
hundred years ago, on April 20, 1921, Japan issued the first stamps with
reproductions of previously issued stamps, the birth of our stamps on stamps
topical collection. For those
members who haven't read it yet, I invite you to
read my article, "The First Stamp on Stamp Issue" (SOS Signal for
January 2005). The
Japanese certainly were aware of the tiny #s 1-4 in the corners of #s 163,
165, and produced many post and souvenir cards showing those stamps and
adding the then-new issues.
Japan #163 Postcard Thru my
many years of SoS collecting. i have added these as I found them, first from
stamp shows and then from the internet. This week, just in time for the
anniversary, I found some new ones-- by accident, as they weren't
listed as SoS. For one, I actually duplicated
the purchase of two cards in order to get a post-marked souvenir folder which was prepared to hold the cards. The other,
which I had never seen before, is what I consider a great maximum card with
the enlargement of Japan # 1.
Japan Postcard souvenir folder 1921
Japan #163 maximum card My last
attachment is a cover I acquired sometime after my article was
written, and i prize it over the cards. It
is what is called a "native" cover, an
example of domestic usage, addressed in Japanese in the normal vertical
format. I'm sure it is a philatelic cover with its
excess postage, but such covers are rare and high priced in Japan.
Japan #163-165 Happy
Stamp on Stamp Collecting as we start the next centenary! |
