THE PHILATELIC JOURNAL, ISSUE 2, 2012. This the second issue of this annual publication by Yoshida Takashi, Stampedia, Tokyo, Japan, is printed in both English and Japanese Languages in full colour, it includes articles by leading philatelist including; Collecting Blocks of 'U' and New Koban stamps, by Kazuyuki Inoue, Japanese Definitive Stamps 1950-1951, by Haruna Yamaji, The Russo-Japanese War, by Ken Clark, Australia - Kangaroo & Map design, by Hironobu Nagashima, HyperInflation Covers, by Fumihisa Ito, Official & Registered Mail of the U.S.A., by Fumiaki Wada, etc.