ISSUE 180 - December 5, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine
The World of Stamps:
Island Communities: Japan, Part 1 of 4
By Geir Sør-Reime
Japan has an area of 146,000 square miles and a population of 127 million, the 10th largest in the world.
The history of Japan is long and complex, and we will concentrate on the philatelic history in this article, referring to political history when necessary.
Japan’s first stamps were issued on April 20, 1871, and joined the Universal Postal Union in 1877. Before that date, European powers and the U.S. operated post-offices in Japan to . . .
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