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長野平和博 << 1949年(昭和24年) 4月1日 >> 2-4-36

Peace Exhibition in Nagano Issued on April 1, 1949 (Showa 24)

Peace Exhibition in Nagano Issued on April 1, 1949 (Showa 24) In April 1949 (Showa 24), stamp were issued to commemorate the opening ceremony and peace exposition of Zenkoji Temple * held in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture. The design of this stamp is a regular stamp of 16 yen "Mt. Hotaka" and was selected because it is located in Nagano prefecture.At that time, the Ministry of Communications was in an era of stamp outbursts, which is the reason why such regular stamp and postcard designs were diverted at local expositions. * Zenkoji is a Japanese temple with a history of 1400 years in Nagano prefecture. The opening ceremony (opening the main Buddha once every seven years) was first held in the 1730s during the Edo period.