Publications
The ISJP chief endeavor is publishing, and it has 3 major series of paper publications, all in 8 1/2 x 11 inch size offset lithographed with high-quality illustrations. A new CD-ROM Monograph series began in 1997.
The magazine Japanese Philately
The magazine Japanese Philately (usually four to six issues a year), copiously illustrated with photographs and maps, and concentrating on information that is likely to be of lasting value, in both short and long articles. The standard size of an issue is 48 pages, with occasional issues of ever greater length.-
A year's volume of Japanese Philately is usually totals around 200 to 300 pages. The printers we have used since 1964 provide high-quality reproduction of
text, photographs, maps and other illustrations on 8 x 11 inch pages that open
flat. The ISJP publishes far more pages than most other specialist-society
magazines, and uses far more maps and more and larger illustrations. In the
American Philatelic Society's first National Philatelic Literature Competition,
Japanese Philately won the Grand Award as the best periodical produced by a
specialist society. At international exhibitions around the world,
Japanese Philately has consistently placed at or near the top in literature
awards. Most recently, it won a large vermeil at JAPEX 1999.
Annual and cumulative indexes
Annual and cumulative indexes to Japanese Philately. Each issue of the magazine itself has a simplified subject index on the back cover (instead of the conventional table of contents), but the ISJP has also pioneered in publishing very detailed and systematic indexes that permit a reader to locate quickly whatever the appeared in Japanese Philately on any subject.A series of ISJP Monographs
ISJP Monographs each consisting of a single study too long for inclusion in Japanese Philately. Monographs are usually supplied to members either free or at printing cost. New titles are always in preparation. Copies of all monograph back issues are available through direct mail order.
ISJP CD-ROM Monographs
The new series of ISJP CD-ROM Monographsis believed to be the first series of philatelic research studies to be published solely in this medium.
ISJP CD-ROM Monograph 1 is available through direct mail order.
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Forgeries of the Dragon, Cherry Blossom and Koban Postage Stamps of Japan
by Thomas L. Zane, Ron Casey, and Lois M. Evans-de Violini. ISJP CD-ROM Monograph 1. 1600 pages and more than 1850 color graphic images.
A glossary assists in understanding the terminology; an extensive bibliography provides direction for further research. - This publication can be used on any IBM-compatible computer or Macintosh with an Internet web browser. html links are used to simplify the task of accessing the data. A 17" SVGA monitor at 1024 by 768 resolution with 256 colors is preferred; smaller monitors may require horizontal scrolling and lesser resolutions will degrade the image.
- The second edition, which substantially updates the original edition, is now available .