The Sakura catalog is an illustrated full-color Japanese stamp catalog.
The Japanese Stamp Catalog Illustrated in Colors () (now Sakura Catalogue of Japanese Stamps ()) was first published in October 1967 with full-color illustrations, which surprised the philatelic world since a colored stamp catalog had never been thought of. Regarded as the most reliable and popular publication in Japan, it goes through fifteen editions in 1979, and more than 4,500,000 copies have been released in all. This is the companion volume to the Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog. The catalog, nicknamed Sakura Catalog, has been in pocket-size (118 × 148 mm) for several years, but now it is printed in B6 (128 × 182 mm) size so that it can be printed using a multicolor rotary press to meet the increased circulation and to make the use of thinner paper possible. As all pages have to be composed anew for the enlarged size, English version of stamp names is added for the convenience of foreign collectors, and many symbols are used to facilitate their understanding how the stamps are classified here.
Please see the contents of the SAKURA Catalogue of Japanese Stamps 2019 and other editions.
Most recently published catalog structure The structure of the most recently published catalog is as follows:
Catalogue information and contents Catalogue Information & Contents ()
Catalogue Contents in Japan () Catalogue Information in Japan () Catalogue Information for Users in English [Brief] Contents in English
Commemorative stamps ()
Pre-War Issues () Unissued ()
Post-War Issues () 1st Men of Culture Series () Tourist Series () Flower Series () Tokyo Olympic Games () Season's Folklore Series () Bird Series () Festival Series () Fish Series () Famous Gardens Series () 1st National Treasure Series () Classic Art Series () Folk Tale Series () Nature Conservation Series () Steam locomotive Series () Ship Series () 2nd National Treasure Series () "Sumo" Ukiyoe () Series () Modern art Series () Japanese Song Series () Modern Western-Style Architecture Series () Endangered Native Bird Series () Alpine plant Series () 1st Traditional Arts and Crafts Series () Insect Series () Oku no Hosomichi (Matsuo Basho's Diary) Series () 3rd National Treasure Series () Electric locomotive Series () Horse Series () Kabuki Series () Water Side Birds Series () 2nd Men of Culture Series () Flowers of Four Seasons Series () History of Japanese Stamp Series () 1st World Heritage Series () 50 Postwar Memorable Years Series () My Favorite Song Series () Traditional Japanese House Series () 20th Century Series () 2nd World Heritage Series () [Published by Japan Post] () The 400th Anniversary of the Edo Shogunate () Science and Technology and Animation Series () Animation Hero and Heroine Series () 3rd World Heritage Series () [Published by Japan Post Service] () The Constellation Series () Harmony with Nature Series () Japanese Mountains Series () Evocative Memory of Seasons Series () Ukiyoe Series () 2nd Japanese Traditional Craft Series () Overseas World Heritage Series () Vegetable & Fruits Series () Heartwarming Animal Scene Series () Railroad Series () Japanese Castle Series () "Omotenashi" (Hospitality) Flowers Series () Tales from Stars Series () The Treasures of the Shoso-in Series () Nostalgia of for Children Series () Familiar Animal Series () Traditional Dietary Culture of Japan Series () Japanese Night View Series () Japanese Architecture Series () Traditional Japanese Design Series () My Journey Stamps Series () Natural monument Series () Sea Life Series () Japanese Traditional Color Series () Gifts from the Forest Series () The World of Children's Picture Book Series () Astronomical World Series ()
Greetings Stamps () [Published by Japan Post] () Chinese zodiac Sign Series () [Published by Japan Post Service] () [Published by Japan Post Co., Ltd.] () [Hello Kitty (regional version)] ()
Furusato Stamps (Prefectural Issues) () Prefectural Flowers () [Published by Japan Post] () [Published by Japan Post Service] () Hometowns-Scenes in My Heart Series () Flowers of the Hometown Series () 60th Anniversary of Local Government Law () Festivals of the Hometown Series () Travel Scenes Series () Seasonal Flowers Series () Afforestation [(Greening)] () Edo famous places and neat Ukiyoe Series () National Athletic Meets () [Furusato Stamps (Prefectural Issue), except the series] ()
National Park Stamps () 1st National Park Series () 2nd National Park Series () Quasi-national park Series ()
New Year's Greeting Stamps () [Published by Japan Post] () [Published by Japan Post Service] () [Published by Japan Post Co., Ltd.] ()
Definitives () Etched Stamps () I Dragon Series () II Cherry Blossom Series, Native Paper () III Cherry Blossom Series, Transitional Period () IV Cherry Blossom Series, Foreign Paper () V Bird Stamps () VI Cherry Blossom Series, Changed Colors () VII Cherry Blossom Series, Changed Designs () Koban Series () Chrysanthemum Series () Old High Value Issues () Tazawa Series () Mt. Fuji & Deer Series () Earthquake Emergency Issue () New High Value Issue () Scenery Series () Showa Stamps () Taiwan Local Issue () New Showa Stamps () Vocational Series () Showa Unwmkd. Series () Animal, Plant, & National Treasure Series () New Animal, Plant, & National Treasure Series () Heisei Stamps () [Published by Japan Post] () [Published by Japan Post Co., Ltd.] () For Celebration or Condolence, etc. () [Published by Japan Post] () P-Stamp, Frame Stamp () [Published by Japan Post Service] () [Published by Japan Post Co., Ltd.] () [Sheet Inscriptions on Definitives (after Animal, Plant, & National Treasure Series)] () [Color Marks on Definitives] () Air Mail Stamps () Booklets () [Commemorative Booklets] ()
The outdated sections Non-renewable issues. Till 2013 Sources: Military Franchise Issues () Japanese Post offices abroad () Korea, I.J.P.O. () China, I.J.P.O. () Miscellaneous () Postal Saving Stamp () Election Stamp () Telegraph stamps () Official Urgent Stamps () Tosa Local Stamp () Sutherland Stamps () BANDO P.O.W. Stamps () British Forces Occupation Issues () "Manchukuo" Puppet Government () Postal Savings Stamps () Unissued () Booklets () Japanese Occupation Issues (fragments) ( (抜粋)) Burma () Java () Japanese Naval Control Area () Sumatra () Malaya () Philippine Islands () North Borneo () Hong Kong () [Japanese Occupation of China (fragments)] () North China () Mengkiang () Central China ()
Okinawa, under US Administration (). Till 2014 Sources: Unissued ()
Postal stationery (). Till 2015 Sources: Postal cards () 1 [Etched Cards. Size 78×163 mm] () 2 [Koban Cards. Size 90×142 mm] () 3 [Chrysanthemum Cards. Size 90×140 mm] () 4 ["Weights" Cards. Size 90×142 mm] () 5 [Earthquake Emergency Cards. Size 80×130 mm] () 6 [Kusunoki Masashige Cards. Size 90×140 mm] () 6A [Little Kusunoki Masashige Cards. Size 70×120 mm] () 7 [Cherry blossom Cards. Size 90×140 mm] () 8 [Rice Cards. Size 90×140 mm] () 9 [National Diet Building Cards. Size 90×140 mm] () 10 [Yumedono Cards] () 11 [Flying Mythological Creatures Cards. Size 100×148 mm] () 12 [Earthenware Cards. Size 100×148 mm] () 13 [Station bell Cards. Size 100×148 mm] () 14 [Bodhisattva Cards. Size 100×148 mm] () 15 [Fenghuang Cards. Size 100×148 mm] () 16 [Bell tower Cards. Size 100×148 mm] () 17 [Old Mandarin Duck Cards. Size 100×148 mm] () 18 [Flying Horse Cards. Size 100×148 mm] () 19 [New Mandarin Duck Cards. Size 100×148 mm] () 20 [Hand fan. Size 100×148 mm] () International Mail Postal Cards () Commemorative Postal Cards () New Year's Postal Cards () Season Greeting Postal Cards () Blue Bird Postal Cards () Heart Mail () [Miscellaneous] () [Postal Cards with Advertisements] () [ Postal Cards] () [Prefecture Postal Cards] () Stamped envelopes () Letter sheets () Aerogrammes () Cards for Parcel post () Wrappers () For Official Mail () Weather Reports () For Military Post () Post Offices Abroad () 1 "For Use in China" Ovpt. Issue () 2 South Manchuria Railway Zone () Taiwan and Korea Provisional Issues () 1 Taiwan Provisional Issue () 2 Korean Provisional Issue ()
[Some "Comb" Type Cancellations] () (1983) Source: I [Main Japanese Mail] () 1 [Inland Mail] () 2 [Non-Mail Mark] () 3 [Air cargo] () 4 [Foreign Mail] () II [Special and Military mail] () 1 [Railway Mail Service] () 2 [Seapost Service] () 3 [Military mail] () III [Colonies] () 1 [Korea] () 2 [Taiwan] () 3 [Kwantung and South Manchuria Railway] () 4 [Sakhalin] () 5 [Shandong Peninsula] () 6 [South Seas Mandate] () IV [Japan Office in China] ()
Pre-Paid Card for Postage () (Sakura 1990–Sakura 1992) Source: [National Newspaper Pre-Paid Card] () [Local Newspaper Pre-Paid Card] ()
JPS Original Philatelic Materials () (1999) Source: [Announcement] () [U-Card] () [Cards with Advertisements] () [Stored-value cards (Fumi Cards)] ()
Small additions [Perforation gauge] () (Sakura 1967–Sakura 1988) Notices (Sakura 1980–Sakura 1994)
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