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Auction History Result 4z096 FUJI-OFFSET-PRESSES printer's test Japanese special 19x25 '80s image of vintage locomotive! Date Sold 2/5/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Unfolded Japanese Special Printer's Test (proof) Poster (measures 19 1/4" x 25" [49 x 64 cm]) (Learn More) Fuji-Offset-Presses, the 1980s Japanese poster promoting the use of Fuji Offset Presses from Shinohara and featuring an image of the "oldest steam locomotive in Japan". A knowledgeable collector tells us that when the Japanese built their railroads, they had German advisers on the island of Kyushu, British advisers on the island of Honshu, and U.S. advisers on the northern island of Hokkaido. For Hokkaido, they had 8 locomotive built by the H. K. Porter Company (built to 3 ft 6 inch gauge) between 1880 and 1889. With the nationalization of the railroads, these engines were numbered 7100 to 7107 and over the years became heavily modified. The Benkei and the Yoshitsune engines have been restored to their original 1880s appearances and the Benkei is currently on display in The Railway Museum on the island of Honshu. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: This is a very rare uncut printer's test poster (often referred to as a "printer's proof")! Before a poster was printed in large quantities, the printer would print a limited number of posters as "test" posters. Because they needed to be shown to people at the studio, people in the art department, the stars, etc, they would print a number of test posters and distribute them to these people. Some of them would be fully trimmed, but often they would leave the color chart on one of the edges of the posters. Once these printer's test posters were shown to the various people in a position to "OK" them, the printer would print the full print run of the posters. Not only is a printer's test poster far more rare than a regular poster, but it is also 100% genuine as there is no fear of purchasing a reproduction! Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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