Sakura catalog

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.

[2][3][4][1] The structure of the most recently published catalog is as follows:[2] Catalogue Information & Contents (Japanese: さくら日本切手カタログの使い方・目次)