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This is revenue for tobacco duty. The series was issued in November 1875. On the top in the center is the chrysanthemum crest (symbol of the emperor). Below that four characters "tobako inshi" - tobacco duty. Further down two characters - in this case 6 rin. In the center is mount Fuji with two tobacco plants around. The symbols in the corners at the top and the bottom are different for each value. The revenues series was in use to 1898. These stamps are often seen today as the use of tobacco was large. The stamps shown below are from the 1883 series except the last picture

Values 2 rin, 3 rin, 5 rin, 8 rin, 1 sen, 1 sen 6 rin

Values 4 rin, 8 rin, 1.sen 2 rin, 2 sen, 3 sen, 2 sen 4 rin

Values 4 sen, 6 sen and a stamp from the first series 1875 with a value of 5 rin
The 1883 series is found with perforated from 8 to 14 and imperforated. It consist of:
- 2 rin black
- 3 rin light brown
- 4 rin yellow
- 6 rin red brown
- 8 rin yellow green
- 9 rin light blue
- 1 sen light blue
- 1 sen 2 rin brown
- 1 sen 6 rin pink
- 1 sen 8 rin purple
- 2 sen orange
- 2 sen 4 rin sage green
- 3 sen dark blue
- 3 sen 2 rin gray
- 4 sen olive green
- 4 sen 8 rin brown violet
- 6 sen violet
- 6 sen 4 rin vermilion
- 8 sen red
Shimomura 2003 page 10-14
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