Can anyone identify where these two stamps are from?
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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)
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@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!
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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.
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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: 45,000Mount Mayon
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Interesting stuff!!
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@bachophile Very cool, thank you!
