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3s denom (#8617) (Japan usage only)

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Desc: 3s

Currency: Japanese yen (1000rin=1000r=100sen=100s=1y)

Numerical sorting value: 1800


Users of this denom: Japan (34 stamps, 1900-1945), Japanese offices in China (5 stamps, 1900-1914), Japanese offices in Korea (2 stamps, 1900), Japanese offices in Taiwan (1 stamp, 1945), Japanese occupation of North Borneo (1 stamp, 1944) Show with all usages

Used by 34 stamps of Japan: (See all uses as list)

5/10/1900 3s car issue=Wedding of Crown Prince Yoshihito & Princess Sadako d=Wedding symbols certificate & rice-cakes
7/1/1905 3s rosered issue=Japan & Korea merge perf=12
4/29/1906 3s rose issue=Military Triumph after Russo-Japanese War d=Flag & gun
military 12/1/1910 3s
1913 3s rose dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa a
5/20/1914 3s rose issue=1914 d=Tazawa a wmk=zigzag lines
11/10/1915 3s org&dkvio issue=Yoshihito enthronement d=throne wmk=zigzag lines perf=12.5
11/3/1916 3s red&yel issue=crown prince Hirohito nomination d=mandarin duck wmk=zigzag lines perf=12.5
7/1/1919 3s graygrn d=dove & olive branch wmk=zigzag lines
airmail 10/2/1919 3s wmk=curved wavy lines perf=13x13.5
9/25/1920 3s ver d=census officer wmk=zigzag lines perf=12.5
11/1/1920 3s rose d=Meiji Shrine wmk=zigzag lines perf=12.5
4/20/1921 3s viobrn issue=postal service in Japan 50th d=Ministry of Communications building wmk=zigzag lines perf=13x13.5
9/3/1921 3s olgrn d=battleships wmk=zigzag lines perf=12.5
4/16/1923 3s dkvio d=Mt Niitaka wmk=zigzag lines perf=12.5
10/25/1923 3s rose dt=dragonflies (1923) d=dragonflies & cherry blossoms & Mt Fuji wmk=parallel lines imperf
5/10/1925 3s sil&brnorg issue=Silver Wedding 1925 d=Phoenix (1941) wmk=zigzag lines
6/20/1927 3s olgrn issue=UPU entry 50th d=Baron Hisoka wmk=zigzag lines
11/10/1928 3s pur issue=Hirohito enthronement d=enthronement hall wmk=zigzag lines perf=12.5
10/2/1929 3s red issue=58th rebuilding of the Ise Shrine d=Sanctuary of the sun goddess wmk=zigzag lines perf=12.5
9/25/1930 3s red issue=census 1930 d=Map of Japan & Korea wmk=zigzag lines perf=12.5
11/1/1930 3s brnorg issue=Meiji Shrine 10th d=Meiji temple wmk=zigzag lines perf=12.5
1933 3s rose issue=1933 dt=characters d=Tazawa a wmk=zigzag lines perf=13h
10/1/1934 3s dkpur&red issue=15th Red Cross Congress d=Red Cross Building wmk=zigzag lines perf=12.5
4/2/1935 3s redbrn issue=Pu Yi visit d=Akasaka Palace wmk=zigzag lines perf=12.5
7/10/1936 3s grn issue=Fuji-Hakone National Park 1936 d=Mt Fuji from Lake Ashi wmk=zigzag lines perf=13x13.5
9/1/1936 3s brncar issue=Kwantung 30th d=temple & memorial wmk=zigzag lines perf=12.5
11/7/1936 3s vio d=New Diet Building wmk=zigzag lines perf=13x13.5
1937 3s rose issue=1937a d=Tazawa a wmk=curved wavy lines
1937 3s rose issue=1937a d=Tazawa a wmk=curved wavy lines perf=13h
1939 3s grn issue=1937b d=power plant wmk=curved wavy lines perf=13
1944 3s brn issue=war morale d=General Nogi wmk=curved wavy lines perf=13x13.5
10/1/1944 3s redbrn d=Kwantung shrine wmk=curved wavy lines perf=13.5x13
4/1945 3s cl issue=1945 pictorials d=cherry blossoms (1945) wmk=curved wavy lines imperf