Can anyone identify where these two stamps are from?

[jodi]

[Renauda]

The orange stamp is from Bulgaria

My guess for the other is Japan.

[jodi]

Thank you.

[jodi]

Though it doesn’t look like my other vintage Japanese stamps. The characters aren’t quite the same.

[Renauda]

That one was a guess on my part. The orange one though is definitely Bulgarian.

[taiwan_girl]

@jodi said in Can anyone identify where these two stamps are from?:

The writing on the top of the stamp on the left says:

"Pi Island Post Service"

Dont know if it is a south Japanese island (Okinawa?) or one which they invaded and conquered further in south Asia.

[Renauda]

@taiwan_girl

Ryukyu Islands maybe?

[taiwan_girl]

@Renauda Could be. Looks like volcanos and palm trees on the stamps, and those islands have both (I think! LOL).

[Axtremus]

The stamp on the left is from Japan.
The "mountains" in the design may just be Mt. Fuji, which the Japanese put on many things, and doesn't really help narrowing the geography down.

Consider posing the question next door and see if Shiro might know a more precise answer.

[taiwan_girl]

@Axtremus I think it is from the south islands somewhere. Palm trees, etc. Plus the island seems to be specifically named.

[jodi]

Sent a picture to my mom’s husband (he’s Japanese) he said the top says Philippine islands postal service. The bottom is 5 centavos (in Japanese) he thinks it was from when Japan occupied the Philippines during the war. (And I just found a photo online of it that confirms that)

[jodi]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/364734847168?itmmeta=01HQ4Y4QRFYHM47A0CK293EZFQ&hash=item54ebe418c0:g:Oe8AAOSwmBNlzUqg

[Axtremus]

@jodi said in Can anyone identify where these two stamps are from?:

... Philippine islands postal service. The bottom is 5 centavos (in Japanese) he thinks it was from when Japan occupied the Philippines during the war.

Cool, I was not previously aware that the Japanese call the Philippine Islands "比島", glad to learn this. Thanks!

[jodi]

I have been diving into the rabbit hole that was my mom’s stamp collecting obsession. She’s in memory care and so I brought it home with me this last trip. I didn’t realize she was till collecting, (she started as a kid) pretty much every stamp from every letter she’s ever received. Many of them still attached to envelopes. My plan was/is to create some sort of art pieces with them, but they are pretty fascinating to just look at individually. So beautiful.

[Klaus]

[bachophile]

This postage stamp issued during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II depicts Mount Mayon and Mount Fuji.

Date of issue: April 1, 1943
Size: 26 x 22 mm
Color: Orange brown
Watermark: Wavy Lines Curved Type
Emission: Definitive
Perforation: 13
Printing: Recess
Face value: 5 Philippine centavo
Print run: 45,000

Mount Mayon

[taiwan_girl]

Interesting stuff!!

[jodi]

@bachophile Very cool, thank you!

[jodi]

@Klaus I didn’t even think about using Chat GPT. Excellent!