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全琉緑化 << 1963年(昭和38年) 3月25日 >> 8-4-28

Promoting Reforestation Issued on Mar. 25, 1963 (Showa38)

Promoting Reforestation Issued on Mar. 25, 1963 (Showa38) Following the All-Ryu Greening Movement started in 1959, a commemorative stamp for this social movement was issued in 1961. At that time, Okinawa became the last fierce battlefield of the Pacific War, and a huge amount of nature and facilities were severely destroyed, and restoration by the Ryukyu government and the private sector was a major mission. Stamps were issued by designing trees in 1963, following 1962, for the purpose of promoting them.