Album 1: 59 pages of the July 20, 1872 1-sen blue stamp. This portion of the plating study is discussed in The Postage Stamps of Japan and Dependencies, Volume 1, Chapter 13, pages 179 - 192.
The album covers plates 1 – 5 showing examples of different types for each plate, wove and laid paper, perforation varieties, shades, errors and varieties, mint and used stamps. Also, there are detailed drawings of each plate.
Album 2: 53 pages of the July 20, 1872 1-sen blue stamp.
The album covers plates 6 – 14 showing examples of different types for each plate, wove and laid paper, perforation varieties, shades, errors and varieties, mint and used stamps. Also, there are detailed drawings of each plate.
Album 3: 42 pages of the July 20, 1872 1-sen blue stamp.
The album covers plates 15 - 22 showing examples of different types for each plate, wove and laid paper, perforation varieties, shades, errors and varieties, mint and used stamps. Also, there are detailed drawings of each plate.
Album 4: 44 pages of the July 20, 1872 1-sen blue stamp.
The album covers plates 23 - 30 showing examples of different types for each plate, wove and laid paper, perforation varieties, shades, errors and varieties, mint and used stamps. Also, there are detailed drawings of each plate.
Album 5: 40 pages of the June 5, 1873 2-sen yellow stamp. This portion of the plating study is discussed in
The Postage Stamps of Japan and Dependencies, Volume 1, Chapter 15, pages 219 - 222.
The album covers plates 1 - 22 showing examples of different types for each plate, wove and laid paper, perforation varieties, shades, errors and varieties, mint and used stamps. Also, there are detailed drawings of each plate.
Album 6: 61 pages of the February, 1874 2-sen yellow syllabic stamp.
The album covers the 2-sen yellow showing examples of 11 different syllabic characters, different plate types, wove, foreign wove, and laid paper, perforation varieties, shades, errors and varieties, mint and used stamps. Also, there are detailed drawings of each plate.
Album 7: 61 pages of the February, 1874 2-sen yellow syllabic stamp.
The album covers the 2-sen yellow showing examples of 12 different syllabic characters, different plate types, wove and laid paper, perforation varieties, shades, errors, mint and used stamps. Also, there are detailed drawings of each plate.
Album 8: 57 pages of the April 1, 1873 4-sen rose stamp. This portion of the plating study is discussed in
The Postage Stamps of Japan and Dependencies, Volume 1, Chapter 15, pages 211 - 218.
The album covers plates 1 - 18 showing examples of specimens, different plate types, wove and laid paper, perforation varieties, shades, errors and varieties, mint and used stamps. Also, there are detailed drawings of each plate.
