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Sakura catalog

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 x 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 ()

Issues ()

[Published by Japan Post<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
* 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<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
* The Constellation Series ()
* Harmony with Nature Series ()
* Japanese Mountains Series ()
* Evocative Memory of Seasons Series ()
* Ukiyoe Series ()
* 2st 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 Pictures for Children Series ()
* Familiar Animal Series ()
* Traditional Dietary Culture of Japan Series ()
* Japanese Night View Series ()
* Japanese Architecture Series ()
* Traditional Japanese Design Series ()
* My 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<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
* Chinese zodiac Sign Series ()
[Published by Japan Post Service<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
[Published by Japan Post Co., Ltd.<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
* <nowiki>[</nowiki>Hello Kitty (regional version)] ()

Furusato Stamps (Prefectural Issues) ()

  • Prefectural Flowers ()
[Published by Japan Post<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
[Published by Japan Post Service<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
* 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 ()

New Year's Greeting Stamps ()

[Published by Japan Post<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
[Published by Japan Post Service<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
[Published by Japan Post Co., Ltd.<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()

Definitives ()

The outdated sections

Non-renewable issues. Till 2013

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Okinawa, under US Administration (). Till 2014

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  • Unissued ()

Postal stationery (). Till 2015

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  • Postal cards ()
  • 1 <nowiki>[</nowiki> Cards. Size 78×163&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 2 <nowiki>[</nowiki> Cards. Size 90×142&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 3 <nowiki>[</nowiki> Cards. Size 90×140&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 4 ["" Cards. Size 90×142&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 5 <nowiki>[</nowiki> Cards. Size 80×130&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 6 <nowiki>[</nowiki> Cards. Size 90×140&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 6A [Little Kusunoki Masashige Cards. Size 70×120&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 7 <nowiki>[</nowiki> Cards. Size 90×140&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 8 <nowiki>[</nowiki> Cards. Size 90×140&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 9 <nowiki>[</nowiki> Cards. Size 90×140&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 10 <nowiki>[</nowiki> Cards] ()
  • 11 <nowiki>[</nowiki> Cards. Size 100×148&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 12 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Earthenware Cards. Size 100×148&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 13 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Station bell Cards. Size 100×148&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 14 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Bodhisattva Cards. Size 100×148&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 15 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Fenghuang Cards. Size 100×148&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 16 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Bell tower Cards. Size 100×148&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 17 [Old Mandarin Duck Cards. Size 100×148&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 18 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Flying Horse Cards. Size 100×148&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 19 [New Mandarin Duck Cards. Size 100×148&nbsp;mm] ()
  • 20 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Hand fan. Size 100×148&nbsp;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<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
  • <nowiki>[</nowiki>Picture Postal Cards] ()
  • <nowiki>[</nowiki>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 " Issue ()
  • 2 ()
  • Taiwan and Korea Provisional Issues ()
  • 1 Taiwan Provisional Issue ()
  • 2 Korean Provisional Issue ()

[Some "" Type <nowiki>]</nowiki> () (1983)

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  • I [Main Japanese Mail] ()
  • 1 [Inland Mail] ()
  • 2 [Non-Mail Mark] ()
  • 3 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Air cargo<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
  • 4 [Foreign Mail] ()
  • II [Special and Military mail<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
  • 1 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Railway Mail Service<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
  • 2 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Seapost Service<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
  • 3 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Military mail<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
  • III <nowiki>[</nowiki>Colonies<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
  • 1 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Korea<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
  • 2 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Taiwan<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
  • 3 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Kwantung and South Manchuria Railway<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
  • 4 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Sakhalin<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
  • 5 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Shandong Peninsula<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
  • 6 <nowiki>[</nowiki>South Seas Mandate<nowiki>]</nowiki> ()
  • IV [Japan Office in China] ()

Pre-Paid Card for Postage () (Sakura 1990–Sakura 1992)

Source:

  • <nowiki>[</nowiki> Pre-Paid Card] ()
  • [Local Newspaper Pre-Paid Card] ()

JPS Original Philatelic Materials () (1999)

Source:

  • [Announcement] ()
  • [U-Card] ()
  • [Cards with Advertisements] ()
  • <nowiki>[</nowiki>Stored-value cards (Fumi Cards)] ()

Small additions

  • <nowiki>[</nowiki><nowiki>]</nowiki> () (Sakura 1967–Sakura 1988)
  • Notices (Sakura 1980–Sakura 1994)

References