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Background information about Japan Japan (日本国 )

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Issue Date / Set Description
Description
circa 1923 - Definitives
Cherry Blossoms ½s
Cherry Blossoms 1½s
Cherry Blossoms 2s
Cherry Blossoms 3s
Cherry Blossoms 4s
Cherry Blossoms 5s
Cherry Blossoms 8s
Sun & Dragonflies 10s
Sun & Dragonflies 20s
circa 1940s - Definitives
Nogi Maresuke
Sun / Cherry Blossoms
Sunrise (green)
Sunrise (blue)
Surrender (light gray)
Surrender (blue)
Mount Fuji (red orange)
Mount Fuji (ultramarine)
Itsukushima Shrine
Coal Miners
souvenir sheet of 5
Shrine
Kamatari Fujiwara
Plum Blossoms
30 October 1949 - Mizusawa Latitudinal Observatory
Telescope
1 November 1949 - Postal Week
Moon & Geese by Hiroshige
sheet of 5
circa 1949 - Definitives
Hideyo Noguchi
Hideyo Noguchi (imperf pair)
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi (imperf pair)
Natsume Sōseki
Tsubouchi Shōyō
Tsubouchi Shōyō (imperf pair)
Ichikawa Danjūrō
Joseph Hardy Neesima
Kanō Hōgai
Uchimura Kanzō
Ichiyō Higuchi
Mori Ōgai
Masaoka Shiki
Hishida Shunsō
Nishi Amane
Ume Kenjirō
Hisashi Kimura (astronomer)
Nitobe Inazō
Torahiko Terada
Okakura Kakuzō
9 September 1951 - Treaty of Peace with Japan
Chrysanthemum 8y
Flag
Chrysanthemum 24y
19 February 1952 - Universal Postal Union
Ship / Crux
Earth / Big Dipper
29 October 1953 - Tokyo Astronomical Observatory
Observatory Dome
1 July 1957 - International Geophysical Year
Penguin / Globe / Orbit
19 October 1960 - Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
Observatory Dome
24 December 1960 - National Diet of Japan
Stars over Building
Diet in Session
12 July 1961 - Dodranscentennial of Japan Standard Time
Sun / Earth / Meridian
7 July 1962 - Tanabata
Faces / Festival
9 September 1963 - International Union of Radio Science
Satellite Dish
17 May 1965 - International Telecommunication Union Centennial
Globe / Equipment / Satellite Dish
20 November 1965 - Antarctic Expedition
Aurora Australis / Map of Antarctica
27 January 1967 - Satellite Communications
Globe / Lani Bird 2
26 June 1968 - Return of the Bonin Islands
Sunrise
23 October 1968 - Meiji Centennial Festival
Insignia / Sun / Ship
Imperial Carriage Arriving in Tokyo by Tomomi Komori
Imperial Carriage Arriving in Tokyo by Tomomi Komori (imperf pair)
29 July 1974 - The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Discovery of Kaguya Hime
Kaguya-hime
Kaguya-hime Returning to the Moon
14 October 1975 - Imperial Visit to USA
American Flag
Japanese Flag
souvenir sheet of 2
1 December 1978 - Tokyo Astronomical Observatory
Observatory Telescope
1 August 1979 - International Year of the Child
Girl in Space
Boy in Space
souvenir sheet of 2
13 October 1979 - Centennial of Japanese Membership in the International Telecommunication Union
Globe / “ITU”
1 June 1984 - Weather Forecasting
Weather Satellite
11 July 1986 - Centennial of Japan Standard Time
Map / Meridian / Clock
13 November 1987 - 1987 Global Telecommunications Conference
Satellite Dish
circa 1989 - Asian-Pacific Expo
Globe / Expo 60y
Globe / Expo 62y
20 April 1990 - Philately Week
Women Gazing at the Stars by Chou Ohta
souvenir sheet
7 July 1992 - Tanabata Lantern Festival (Yamaguchi)
Lanterns
7 July 1992 - International Space Year
Satellite
Satellites
pair
19 September 1994 - International Telecommunication Union Plenipotentiaries Conference
Satellite Dish
8 November 1996 - Semicentennial Postwar Memorial Year
Earth
Cable / Telephone / Satellite
8 December 1997 - Favorite Songs
“Sunayama”
“Jingle Bells” (comets in sky)
9 April 1999 - Kiso Observatory
Observatory Dome
pane of 10
14 May 1999 - Festivals
Sendai Tanabata Festival (Miyagi)
Souma Nomaoi Festival (Fukushima)
pair
pane (5 x Z311a)
2 June 2000 - Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival (Kanagawa)
Decorations
Decorations / Family
pair
pane (5 x Z419a)
circa 2000 - Twentieth Century Sheets
1975-83 (sheet of 10)
Cartoon Characters
Cartoon Characters
Guitar / “Jidal” Song
Taiyaki-Kun (fish)
Karaoke
Flower / “Cosmos” Song
UFO / “UFO” Song
San Nen B Gumi Kinpachi Sensei TV Show
Synthesizer
Oshin TV Show
1986-93 (sheet of 10)
Cartoon Character
Cartoon Chracters
Comet 1P/Halley (pentagonal)
Railroad Tunnel
Watchtower
Hibari Misora
Soccer Mascot
Soccer Ball
Dunhuang
Hōryū-ji Temple
1993-98 (sheet of 10)
1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games Insignia
Nagano Mascots
Royal Wedding
Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
Cellular Phone / Computer
Space Shuttle Launch
Mamoru Mohri (astronaut)
Kyoto Climate Change Conference
Nagano Poster
1998 World Cup Soccer (oval)
circa 2003 - Science, Technology & Animation Series 1 & 2
strip of 5
Astro Boy (head over feet)
Bowman Doll
Hantaro Nagaoka
H-II Rocket
Morph 3
sheetlet of 10
Astro Boy (feet over head) (x2)
Astro Boy Striking Pose (x2)
Astro Boy / Robot (x2)
1 x #2875b-e
strip of 5
Super Jetter
Clock
Otomo Car
KAZ
Platform Airship
sheetlet of 10
Super Jetter (portrait) (x2)
Super Jetter (different) (x2)
Super Jetter (different) (x2)
1 x #2877b-e
circa 2004 - Science, Technology & Animation Series 3 & 4
strip of 5
Marvelous Meimo / Baby
Seishū Hanaoka
Wooden Microscope
Jokichi Takamine
Pharmaceutical Delivery System
sheetlet of 10
Marvelous Meimo / Mother (x2)
Marvelous Meimo / Man (x2)
Marvelous Meimo / Bottle (x2)
1 x #2879b-e
strip of 5
Gatchaman
Kujō Michitaka
Ōsumi Satellite
Conducting Polymers
Tissue Reproduction
sheetlet of 10
Gotchaman (bluish) (x2)
Gotchaman (whitish) (x2)
Gotchaman (yellowish) (x2)
1 x #2881b-e
23 March 2005 - Science, Technology & Animation Series 7
strip of 5
Time Bokan (green background)
Circular Loom
Bullet Train
Micromachine
International Space Station
sheetlet of 14
Time Bokan (green background) (x2)]
Time Bokan (yellow background) (x2)
Time Bokun (purple background) (x2)
#2917b (x2)
#2917c (x2)
#2917d (x2)
#2917e (x2)
3 October 2005 - International Astronautics Congress, Fukuoka
MTSAT-1R (Himawari-6) Satellite
H-IIA Rocket Launch
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9 December 2005 - Kobe Luminarie
Starry Sky / Building (yellow text)
Starry Sky / Building (red text)
pair
1 February 2006 - Heroes & Heroines of Animation, Series 3 (Galaxy Express 999)
sheet of 10
Departure
Departure
Claire
The Conductor
Freija & Maetel
Tetsuro & Moriki Yutaka
Emeraldas & Count Mecha
Herlock
Maetel Legend
Galaxy Express 999
1 March 2006 - International Friendships
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Kissing Children
Bears / Fish
Drawing of Animals
Chick / Cat / Dog / Squirrel / Rabbit / Rocket
strip of 5
3 April 2006 - Maruoka Castle
Japanese Letters
Castle / Hills
Castle / Clouds
Castle / Sun
Castle / Moon / Stars
strip of 4 (#s Z709-12)
23 May 2006 - Australia
sheet of 10
Australian Flag / Ayers Rock (left)
Kangaroo / Ayers Rock (right)
Sydney Opera House (left)
Sydney Opera House (right) / Australian Flag
Great Barrier Reef
Heart Reef
Yellow Flowers
Red Flowers
Koalas
Kookaburra
23 January 2007 - International Polar Year
sheet of 10
Icebreaker / Aurora
Snowplane / Aurora
2 Penguins of Disparate Height
Many Penguins
Icebreaker / Penguins
2 Penguins of Equal Height
Black Dog
Brown Dog
Icebreaker / Man with Anemometer
Tracked Vehicle
21 March 2008 - Astronomical Society of Japan Centenary
sheet of 10
Jupiter
Saturn
Spiral Galaxy
ASTRO E-II
Hayabusa
Asteroid 25143 Itokawa
Edge-On Galaxy (left) / Subaru Telescope
Edge-On Galaxy (right)
Mars
Galaxy / Nobeyama Radio Observatory
30 June 2009 - International Polar Year
souvenir sheet of 4 (aurora borealis in background)
Polar Bears
Seal
Arctic Fox
Penguin
4 November 2009 - Sexdecennial of Ibaraki Prefecture Autonomy
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H-II Rocket
Fukuroda Falls
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
Boat / Lake Kasumigaura
Fireworks
8 November 2010 - Christmas 2010
souvenir sheet of 5
Star / Santa Claus
Poinsettias
Sleigh Over Church
Wreath
Reindeer / Aurora Borealis 50 ¥
souvenir sheet of 5
Santa Claus
Christmas Tree
Sleigh Over Mountain
Wreath / Pine Cones
Reindeer / Aurora Borealis 80 ¥
souvenir sheet of 5
Flying Fairy
Juggling Snowmen
Singing Children
Rose
Cakes
7 July 2011 - Constellations
sheet of 10
Libra
Scorpius
Sagittarius
Lyra
Aquilla
Cygnus
Hercules
Ophiuchus
Delphinius
Manai-a-Kalani (Maui’s Fishhook, the Polynesian version of Scorpius)