Part 1: Japan
Japan pick 39s1: 5 Yen from 1930
ND (1930). Black on green and orange underprint. Kitano Shrine at left, green guilloche at center, portrait p2 at right. Back: Brown and olive. Japanese text with denomination in English. Specimen with overprint and perforated Mi-hon.
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Japan pick 104b: 1000 Yen from 2004
ND (2004). Blue on multicolored underprint. Hideo Noguchi (bacteriologist) at right and as watermark. Mount Fuji on back. Double letter serial number prefix.