Japan Stamp Catalog

Can anyone tell me where I can buy a reasonably modern English Language
Catalog of Japan Stamps please.
I am not looking for anything particularly specialised and colour
illustrations would be nice.
Thanks in advance
Bob

Bob Harper wrote:

Can anyone tell me where I can buy a reasonably modern English Language
Catalog of Japan Stamps please.
I am not looking for anything particularly specialised and colour
illustrations would be nice.
Thanks in advance
Bob



The FAQ (http://www.stampfaq.org/) lists two catalogs: Sakura and Japan
Stamp Dealers Association.

Not to mention Scott, Gibbons, Michel, etc.

Search for "sakura stamp catalog" on Google to find a dealer selling them.

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Kaleb S. KEITHLEY

Can anyone tell me where I can buy a reasonably modern English Language
Catalog of Japan Stamps please.
I am not looking for anything particularly specialised and colour
illustrations would be nice.
Thanks in advance
Bob

Kaleb Keithly wrote:

The FAQ (http://www.stampfaq.org/) lists two catalogs: Sakura and Japan
Stamp Dealers Association.

But Sakura is not in English. I don't know about the "Japan Stamp Dealers
Association".

Bob Ingraham

Bob Ingraham wrote:


Can anyone tell me where I can buy a reasonably modern English Language
Catalog of Japan Stamps please.
I am not looking for anything particularly specialised and colour
illustrations would be nice.
Thanks in advance
Bob

Kaleb Keithly wrote:


The FAQ (http://www.stampfaq.org/) lists two catalogs: Sakura and Japan
Stamp Dealers Association.


But Sakura is not in English. I don't know about the "Japan Stamp Dealers
Association".


The description (which I read before posting) of the 2002 issue says:
"English translations included in the catalog make it invaluable for us
Kanji illiterate Gaijin that love Nippon Stamps :-)"

Kaleb S. KEITHLEY

I looked at a recent Sakura catalogue a few weeks ago, hoping it would help
me sort out the pre-war, wartime, and post-war definitives, but there was so
little English that it just was not useful. But I admit that I didn't study
it thoroughly; perhaps there is more English translation than I found in the
admittedly few number of pages I looked at. I'll try to take another look.

Bob

Thanks Guys,
I did see the Sakura catalog on the Japan P. S. site but it said only that
the stamp titles were in English and although it was priced at what seems a
very reasonable 640 yen if I recall correctly, I could not find a way of
buying it.
I will keep looking.
Bob


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Bob Ingraham wrote:


Can anyone tell me where I can buy a reasonably modern English
Language
Catalog of Japan Stamps please.
I am not looking for anything particularly specialised and colour
illustrations would be nice.
Thanks in advance
Bob

Kaleb Keithly wrote:


The FAQ (http://www.stampfaq.org/) lists two catalogs: Sakura and
Japan
Stamp Dealers Association.


But Sakura is not in English. I don't know about the "Japan Stamp
Dealers
Association".


The description (which I read before posting) of the 2002 issue says:
"English translations included in the catalog make it invaluable for us
Kanji illiterate Gaijin that love Nippon Stamps :-)"

Kaleb S. KEITHLEY

I looked at a recent Sakura catalogue a few weeks ago, hoping it would
help
me sort out the pre-war, wartime, and post-war definitives, but there was
so
little English that it just was not useful. But I admit that I didn't
study
it thoroughly; perhaps there is more English translation than I found in
the
admittedly few number of pages I looked at. I'll try to take another look.

Bob

Bob Harper wrote:
Can anyone tell me where I can buy a reasonably modern English Language
Catalog of Japan Stamps please.
I am not looking for anything particularly specialised and colour
illustrations would be nice.
Thanks in advance
Bob

The lastest Stanley Gibbons catalog for Japan [& Korea] was issued in
1997. I would expect them to issue a new edition soon, but they do not
have it on their list of upcoming publications (which runs through
2004). Also, I am pretty sure that this catalog is not in color. You
can order this from a number of on-line stamp dealers, as well as from
SG themselves http://www.stanleygibbons.com/.

= Eric

Didier Maistre wrote:
"Eric Bustad" a écrit dans le message de
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| The lastest Stanley Gibbons catalog for Japan [& Korea] was issued in
| 1997. I would expect them to issue a new edition soon, but they do not
| have it on their list of upcoming publications (which runs through
| 2004). Also, I am pretty sure that this catalog is not in color. You
| can order this from a number of on-line stamp dealers, as well as from
| SG themselves http://www.stanleygibbons.com/.
|
| = Eric

Hello there,

I have the Stanley Gibbons catalogue for Japan and Korea.
It is a very much comprehensive catalogue, 100% in english of course, black
and white only, A5 size (half the size of a letter page, very handy).
Title : "SG stamp catalogue : Part 18 : Japan and Korea".
Pages 1 to 169 : Japan , including Japan, lottery prize miniature sheets,
stamps booklets, prefecture stamps, british P.O. in Japan, French P.O. in
Japan, U.S. P.O. in Japan, British Commonwealth Occupation forces in Japan,
japanese P.O. in China, Ryukyu islands, with a few words to remember the
History at the beginning of each chapter.
Then pages 170 to 410 : Korea including, Korean Empire, Chinese P.O. in
Korea, Japanese P.O. in Korea, South Korea, stamps booklets, North Korean
occupation of South Korea, Indian custodian forces in Korea, North Korea.
Price : £22.50 + postage fees

I bought it some months ago at the SG website (with a VISA card number), and
was very satisfied with the prompt delivery (2 or 3 days later - I live in
Europe).

I would very much recommend such a catalogue.

Happy collecting,


I would add that I bought several catalogs directly from them last year
and found the process pretty painless and the cost, including shipping
to the US, comparable to ordering through a US dealer. The shipping was
a bit slow, as it went by surface M-bag.

= Eric

Dick Cardy wrote:
"Eric Bustad" wrote in message
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The shipping was
a bit slow, as it went by surface M-bag.

= Eric



Which reminds me that I still have a few M-bags tucked away!

I am not sure that the UK offers a m-bag service but I am sure someone will
prove me wrong.

For those who have no idea what we are talking about m-bag arrives in your
own mail bag/sack

Dick

I've still have the UK M-bag that the catalogs came in. That seems to
indicate that they do. I had never heard of it before I received this
shipment. The US and German also offer M-bag service.

For those who don't know, a M-bag is a bag of printed matter sent to a
single address in a foreign country. The one that I received had the
enclosed catalogs in a protective box. The US M-bag service also allows
this, although some USPS clerks don't seem to think so.

= Eric

"Eric Bustad" wrote in message
...
The shipping was
a bit slow, as it went by surface M-bag.

= Eric


Which reminds me that I still have a few M-bags tucked away!

I am not sure that the UK offers a m-bag service but I am sure someone will
prove me wrong.

For those who have no idea what we are talking about m-bag arrives in your
own mail bag/sack

Dick

The lastest Stanley Gibbons catalog for Japan [& Korea] was issued in
1997. I would expect them to issue a new edition soon, but they do not
have it on their list of upcoming publications (which runs through
2004). Also, I am pretty sure that this catalog is not in color. You
can order this from a number of on-line stamp dealers, as well as from
SG themselves http://www.stanleygibbons.com/.


I own Stanley Gibbons Part 18 Japan & Korea 4th Edition, 1997. The
catalog is not in color.


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Richard Babin
Canada[Quebec(Montreal)]