... I will trade for koban imitations, with cancel forms shown above...
my philatelic studies over the years focused mainly on treaty ports and foreign mails of China and Japan ... certainly the Hong Kong PO played a majour role, as clearing house for the bulk of sea-mail during the 19c... today, my collections include the typographic kobans of Japan - 1876-92; and the imitative woodblock reproductions : 1892-1910 of Maeda Kihei (a.k.a. Kamigata) ... explorative research in the woodblock area is ongoing, and I assist the ISJP CD project on forgeries ...
do visit the isjp.org : online lookups for "signed forgeries" are posted (sanko-mozo) ... for genuine kobans I reference to the JPS specialised catalog 2007 ; for imitation kobans, the ISJP 2002 V2 CD on forgeries ...
just completed : survey of imitation botas ...
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