Check out the air mail envelope that contained my purchases of Japanese stamps from a seller in Asaka, Japan (in the Tokyo metro area).
He wrote my name and address in perfect print— something I absolutely cannot do with Japanese characters!
Issued Feb. 2, 2015
Perf. 13 x 13¼ | Stamp 22 mm x 26 mm | Printing: Photogravure | No watermark
3791 A3351 10 ¥ | Multicolored | Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon)
[Sources: colnect.com, 2021 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue Vol. 4A]
Issued Mar. 11, 2026
Perf. 16½ | Design: Maho Shimada | Stamp 50 mm x 35 mm | Printing: Offset Lithography | Printer: Toppan Edge Co., Ltd. (Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.) | No watermark
JP 2026.03.11-01c 500 ¥ | Multicolored | Woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige “Arashiyama in Full Blossoms: Famous Places of Kyoto”
[Sources: colnect.com, Google Gemini Flash]