Stampfinder F03

Japan and areas occupied by Japan

= Greater Japan or Empire of Japan, reading right to left. This was inscribed from 1899 to 1945 on stamps of Japan and overprinted on stamps of its occupied areas.

An additional spotting feature is that stamps of Japan have the chrysanthemum seal as part of the design, 1899-1945.

Square style
 File:Japan kiku inscr.jpg|Japan. "Kiku" definitive. File:North Borneo 12c occ.jpg|North Borneo under Japanese occupation. See: North Borneo. File:Sumatra printed ovpt.jpg|Sumatra (in the Netherlands Indies) under Japanese occupation. Characters at the bottom read "Sumatra" phonetically. 

Fancy or old style script
 File:Japan Parks inscrip.jpg|Japan. Note chrysanthemum crest. File:Japan Defin inscrip.jpg|Japan. Different style of the rightmost/first character. 

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