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Printed on pale greenish blue 
with badly perforated.
 Japanese characters "飛 行 郵 便"

 

Size: 22mm x 42mm, 
bad perforations, ungummed.
Günter Mair:  JPN-A-2c
(1938) 


Printed with short serifs
 letters on greenish blue.
Japanese characters "航 空 郵 便"

Size: 22mm x 42mm, 
perforated, ungummed.
Günter Mair:  JPN-A-6a 
(1960)



Size: 22mm x 42mm, 
bad perforations, ungummed.
Günter Mair:  JPN-A-?
(****)



Printed in dark-violet blue back ground. 
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Size: 20mm x 40mm, 
rouletted, gummed.
 Günter Mair: JPN-A-16 
(1980)


 Closer gap in between lines.

Size: 15mm x 40mm, 
self-adhesive label.
 Günter Mair:  JPN-A-18
 (1990)



Printed on brighter blue.
Closer gap in between line.
 Size: 15mm x 40mm, 
Rouletted, gummed..
Günter Mair:  JPN-A-18b
(1990)


Printed in a variety of blue.
Native language simplified to "航空"
Wider gap between line.


Size: 15mm x 40mm, 
self-adhesive label.
Günter Mair:  JPN-A-19
(1990)




"BY AIR MAIL 航空" in light typeface.

Size: 15mm x 40mm, 
self-adhesive on glossy label.
Günter Mair:  JPN-A-? 
(unlisted) 


"PAR AVION" are larger and 
closer, "航空" in medium.
Size: 15mm x 40mm, 
self-adhesive glossy label.
Günter Mair:  JPN-A-? 
(unlisted) 



Printed in medium typeface
Modified "R"
Size: 15mm x 40mm, 
self-adhesive label.
Günter Mair:  JPN-A-22
(1994)

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Modified: "R" and "L" characters.
with bolder "航空"
Size: 15mm x 40mm,
 self-adhesive label.
Günter Mair:   JPN-A-? 


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