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title: 15 sen definitive stamp showing a saluting boy aircraftsman (1942)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/boy-aircraftsman-15-sen-stamp-1942/
description: A blue Japanese 15 sen stamp. A young airman in flying cap and goggles salutes in the foreground, with a flag with a large disc behind him and the…
section: Collection
---

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# 15 sen definitive stamp showing a saluting boy aircraftsman (1942)

A blue Japanese 15 sen stamp. A young airman in flying cap and goggles salutes in the foreground, with a flag with a large disc behind him and the imperial chrysanthemum crest at top centre beside the postal name. The tag rests on the flag, the salute and the uniform of a youth set beside the national crest (transfer): the stamp lends the prestige of the flag and the service to an everyday postage value.

## Text on the object

Original (Japanese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
大日本帝國郵便
15
錢五拾
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Great Japan Imperial Postage
15
Fifteen sen
```

Read from the 275 by 316 pixel scan. The top inscription runs right to left across the crest (大日本 to the right, 帝國郵便 to the left); the denomination at the foot reads 15 at left and 錢五拾 at right, that is 拾五錢 read right to left. The translation is machine-made and not checked by a fluent reader of Japanese.

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