Japan 1937-1944 1st Showa Definitives

Issue Date : see stamp images
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Perforations :
- 13 (except 2 sen vermilion, which is imperforate)
- Coil stamps are 13 horiz.

Stamps

½ sen purple Trading Junk 1 November 1937	1 sen fawn Rice Harvest 11 December 1937	2 sen crimson Gen. Nogi Maresuke 10 May 1937	File:Japan 1937-1944 1st Showa Definitives d.png 2 sen vermilion Gen. Nogi Maresuke October 1944
3 sen green Power Plant 11 December 1939	4 sen dark green Adm. Tōgō Heihachirō 1 August 1937	5 sen dark ultra Mt. Hodaka 21 December 1939	6 sen orange Garambi Lighthouse 1 June 1939
7 sen deep green Diamond Mountains 16 October 1939	8 sen dark purple Meiji Shrine 11 August 1939	10 sen lake Yomei Gate 1 November 1938	13 sen indigo Plane & Map 1 December 1939
14 sen rose lake Kasuga Shrine 11 February 1938	20 sen ultra Mt. Fuji & Sakura 1 February 1940	25 sen brown Hōryū Temple 11 October 1938	30 sen blue Miyajima Torii 3 April 1939
50 sen olive Golden Pavilion 11 June 1939	1¥ brown Great Buddha 1 July 1939	5¥ grey green Fujiwara no Kamatari 21 July 1939	10¥ dark brown violet Plum Blossoms 21 September 1939