This stamp is by Navicula and Watercraft Philately given that a Japanese junk is depict, by searching on the net I found that this is wrong, the stamp shows a Portuguese vessel (most probably a galleon) arriving in Japan. The stamp is designed after a painting on a Japanese nanban byobu screen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanban_art and are shown in Japanese museums.
I found on the net a detail of this painting, only the rigging is partly shown, but after this painting the stamp is designed.
Source: many internet sites.
Panama 1968 3c sg ?, scott 485B
PORTUGUESE SHIPPAINTING XVII century
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Re: PORTUGUESE SHIPPAINTING XVII century
On the stamp of Panama depict "Black Carraka" -Portugal merchant ship. For more details see:” Black Carraka” viewtopic.php? F = 2 & t = 11028