Sakura catalog
The Sakura catalog is an illustrated full-color Japanese stamp catalog.
The Japanese Stamp Catalog Illustrated in Colors 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 for several years, but now it is printed in B6 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 & Contents
& Contents- Catalogue Contents in Japan
- Catalogue Information in Japan
- Catalogue Information for Users in English
- Contents in English
Commemorative Stamps">Commemorative stamp">Commemorative Stamps ()
Pre-War">World War II">War Issues">Issue (postal service)">Issues ()
- Unissued
Post-War">:en:Post-war">Post-War Issues ()
- 1st Men of Culture Series
- Tourist Series
- Flower Series
- Tokyo Olympic Games
- Season’s Folklore Series
- Bird Series
- Festival Series
- Fish Series
- Famous Gardens Series
- 1st National Treasure Series
- Classic Art Series
- Folk Tale Series
- Nature Conservation Series
- Steam Locomotive Series
- Ship Series
- 2nd National Treasure Series
- “Sumo” Ukiyoe Series
- Modern Art Series
- Japanese Song Series
- Modern Western-Style Architecture Series
- Endangered Native Bird Series
- Alpine Plant Series
- 1st Traditional Arts and Crafts Series
- Insect Series
- Oku no Hosomichi Series
- 3rd National Treasure Series
- Electric Locomotive Series
- Horse Series
- Kabuki Series
- Water Side Birds Series
- 2nd Men of Culture Series
- Flowers of Four Seasons Series
- History of Japanese Stamp Series
- 1st World Heritage Series
- 50 Postwar Memorable Years Series
- My Favorite Song Series
- Traditional Japanese House Series
- 20th Century Series
- 2nd World Heritage Series
[Greeting]s Stamps ()
Furusato Stamps (Prefectural">Prefectures of Japan">Prefectural Issues) ()
- Prefectural Flowers
[National Park] Stamps ()
- 1st National Park Series
- 2st National Park Series
- Quasi-National Park Series
[New Year]'s Greeting Stamps ()
Definitives">Definitive stamp">Definitives ()
- Etched Stamps
- * I :en:Postage stamps and postal history of Japan#First stamps|Dragon Series
- * II Cherry Blossom Series, :en:Japan|Native :en:Paper|Paper
- * III Cherry Blossom Series, Transitional Period
- * IV Cherry Blossom Series, Foreign Paperlang\-\|IV. 桜切手lang\-\|V. 鳥切手lang\-\|VI. 桜切手lang\-\|VII. 桜切手lang\-\|1876-92（明治9-25）:ja:小判|小判:ja:切手|切手lang\-\|1899-1907（明治32-40）:ja:菊|菊切手lang\-\|1908-14（明治41-:ja:大正|大正3）旧高額切手lang\-\|1913-38（大正2-:ja:昭和|昭和13）:ja:田沢湖|田沢型切手lang\-\|1922-37（大正11-昭和12）:ja:富士山|富士:ja:鹿|鹿切手lang\-\|1923（大正12）:ja:震災|震災切手lang\-\|1924-37（大正13-昭和12）新高額切手lang\-\|1926-37（大正15-昭和12）:ja:風景|風景切手lang\-\|1937-46（昭和12-21）:ja:昭和|昭和切手lang\-\|:ja:台湾地方切手|台湾地方切手lang\-\|1946-48（昭和21-23）新昭和切手lang\-\|1948-49（昭和23-24）:ja:産業|産業:ja:図案|図案切手lang\-\|1951-52（昭和26-27）昭和:ja:すかし|すかしなし切手lang\-\|1950-65（昭和25-40）:ja:動植物|動植物:ja:国宝|国宝図案切手lang\-\|1966-89（昭和41-:ja:平成|平成1）新動植物国宝図案切手lang\-\|1992-（平成4-）:ja:平成|平成切手lang\-\|:ja:日本郵政公社|日本郵政公社:ja:発行|発行lang\-\|:ja:日本郵便|日本郵便株式会社:ja:発行|発行lang\-\|慶弔切手ほかlang\-\|:ja:日本郵政公社|日本郵政公社:ja:発行|発行lang\-\|:ja:写真付き切手|写真付き切手・:ja:フレーム切手|フレーム切手lang\-\|:ja:郵便事業|郵便事業株式会社:ja:発行|発行lang\-\|:ja:日本郵便|日本郵便株式会社:ja:発行|発行lang\-\|:ja:切手シート#概要|銘版つき普通切手リストlang\-\|:ja:切手シート#概要|カラーマークつき普通切手リストlang\-\|1929-61（昭和4-36）:ja:航空切手|航空切手lang\-\|:ja:切手帳|切手帳lang\-\|記念切手帳
The outdated sections
Non-renewable issues. Till 2013
- Military Franchise Issues
- Japanese Post Offices Abroad
- * Korea, I.J.P.O.
- * China, I.J.P.O.
- Miscellaneous
- * Postal Saving Stamp
- * Election Stamp
- * Telegraph Stamps
- * Official Urgent Stamps
- * Tosa Local Stamp
- * Sutherland Stamps
- * BANDO P.O.W. Stamps
- * British Forces Occupation Issues
- “Manchukuo” Puppet Government
- * Postal Savings Stamps
- * Unissued
- * Booklets
- Japanese Occupation Issues
- * Burma
- * Java
- * Japanese Naval Control Area
- * Sumatra
- * Malaya
- * Philippine Islands
- * North Borneo
- * Hong Kong
- *
- ** North China
- ** Mengkiang
- ** Central China
Okinava">Okinawa Prefecture">Okinava, under [U.S.] Administration (). Till 2014
- Unissued
Postal Stationery">Postal stationery">Postal Stationery (). Till 2015
- Postal Cards
- * 1
- * 2
- * 3
- * 4
- * 5
- * 6
- * 6A
- * 7
- * 8
- * 9
- * 10
- * 11
- * 12
- * 13
- * 14
- * 15
- * 16
- * 17
- * 18
- * 19
- * 20
- International Mail Postal Cards
- Commemorative Postal Cards
- New Year's Postal Cards
- Season Greeting Postal Cards
- Blue Bird Postal Cards
- Heart Mail
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- 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 :en:China|China” :en:Overprint|Ovpt. Issue
- * 2 :en:South Manchuria Railway Zone|South Manchuria Railway Zone
- Taiwan and Korea Provisional Issues
- * 1 Taiwan Provisional Issue
- * 2 Korean Provisional Issue
Comb">[:en:Comb">Comb” Type Cancellations">:en:Cancellation (mail)">Cancellations
] () (1983) - I
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- * 2
- * 3
- * 4
- II
- * 1
- * 2
- * 3
- III
- * 1
- * 2
- * 3
- * 4
- * 5
- * 6
- IV
Pre-Paid Card for Postage () (Sakura 1990–Sakura 1992)
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JPS Original Philatelic">Philately">Philatelic Materials () (1999)
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lang\-\|〔ふみカード〕 Small additions
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- Notices