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Pacco enjoys the treatments.
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I happened to run the photos by Grok AI.

Japan Yes, your identification is correct: this is the
1871 Japan 200 mon vermilion "Dragon"
(Scott #3c), Plate I (no dot), on wove paper.

This is from Japan's first postage stamp.

This is from Japan's first postage stamp issue (the "Dragon" or Ryukitte series of April 1871 / Meiji 4). The design features facing dragons in a decorative frame with the central value
characters 銭二百文 （200 mon）. The stamps are
imperforate, ungummed, and printed by recess engraving on native Japanese paper (roughly 19.5 × 19.5 mm).

Key distinguishing features for your stamp
• Plate II / "no dot": Plate I has a small dot in the upper-left (northwest) corner ornament/ raimon. Plate Il lacks this dot. (Some Plate I examples show a very faint dot that can be mistaken for Plate II.) Your description and the visible design match Plate II. vdoc.pub +1
• Wove paper: These early Dragons exist on both laid and wove native paper. Scott lists the Plate Il wove-paper variety as #3c (scarcer than the basic #3 / Plate I examples in many cases). The thin, somewhat translucent paper with the design showing through on the reverse is consistent with the genuine native paper usea.
• Color and printing: Vermilion/orange-red (sometimes described as reddish-orange), with the characteristic dragon vignettes and value tablet.
Plate Il is the scarcer of the two plates for the 200 mon. The same Plate Il vignette was later reused (I@ i new value plate) for the 1872 2 sen c v e (Scott 7).

The stamp is potentially valuable (Scott catalog values for sound used #3c examples have been in the high hundreds to low thousands, with premium pieces much higher), it is strongly recommended to have it expertized by a specialist (e.g., through the International Sc v' for Japanese Philately / ISJP, or a recognized Japanese classic expert). High-resolution scans of both sides, paper type confirmation (wove vs. laid under magnification or backlight), and comparison to plated positions would help further.
Your photos show a decent, four-margin example of the correct design type. Nice find-these early Japanese classics are fascinating and challenging. If you have additional close-ups of the upper-left corner, the reverse under different lighting, or measurements, more refined comments are possible.

Kitzingen (Bayern) Stadt F-248.2 1917 10pf zinc. No varieties, mintage: 20,000 coins.
C. Balmberger, Nürnberg
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Nice quality, 2026 Mint looks great this year😇

Weißenburg (Elsass) Stadt F-588.3a 1917 10pf iron. Mintage: 15,000, two varieties:
a) Rev. flag of 1 is fine 1.3 mm long.
b) Rev. flag of 1 is thick & short 1.0 mm long.
L. Chr. Lauer, Nürnberg

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Roth bei Nürnberg (Bayern) F-452.7 1920 10pf iron. No Varieties.
C. Balmberger, Nürnberg
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Aalen (Württemberg) Stadt F-2.5 1917 10pf iron.No varieties, mintage: 20,000 coins. Issued in 1918.

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Aalen (Württemberg) Stadt F-2.3 1917 50 zinc. No varieties, mintage: 10,000 coins.

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Aalen (Württemberg) Stadt F-2.2 1917 10pf zinc. No varieties, mintage: 20,000 coins.

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Aalen (Württemberg) Stadt F-2.1 1917 5pf zinc. No varieties, mintage: 15,200 coins.

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ALZEY (Hessen) Stadt F-14.1b 1917 10pf zinc. Total mintage: 30,000 with two varieties:
a) Rev. flag of 1 begins at K in KRIEGS.
b) Rev. flag of 1 begins at R in KRIEGS
Heinrich Arid, Nürnberg
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With so many millimeter measurements a pair of these glasses would help.
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Bogen (Bayern) Kommunalverband F-50.2 1917 10pf zinc. No varieties.

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Bogen (Bayern) Kommunalverband F-50.1 1917 5pf zinc. No varieties.

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Arzberg (Bayern) Stadt F-22.1d 1917 5pf zinc. There are 6 different varieties:
a) Rev. distance between S-N is 1.5 mm. *measuring is done from the TOPS of letter.
b) as a) distance is 2.0 mm.
c) as a) distance is 2.5 mm.
d) as a) distance is 3.0 mm.
e) as a) distance is 3.5 mm
f) Obv. Stars are 5-Pointed both sides of ARZBERG, Rev. S-N distance is 3.5.
C. Balmberger, Nürnberg

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Blankenburg (Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt) Stadt F-45.5 1921 50pf iron. No varieties.
Gebr. Kugel & Fink, Lüdenscheid.

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Ohligs (Rheinprovinz) Stadt F-404.1 1917 5pf zinc. No varieties, mintage: 193,607.
Struck by: Adam Donner, Elberfeld.

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Ohlings (Rheinprovinz) Stadt F-404.1 1917 5pf zinc. No varieties, mintage: 193,607 coins.

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Camberg (Hessen-Nassau) Stadt F-74.2a 1917 10pf zinc, two varieties:
a) Rev. distance from D to middle of star at right is 4.0 mm.
b) as a) distance is 3.0 mm.
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Halle (Provinz Sachsen) Straßenbahn F-188.1 undated (1921) 10pf, pressed paper. No varieties, mintage: 148,939.

F-188.2 undated (1921) pressed paper. No varieties, mintage: 160,831.
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