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新聞週間 << 1957年(昭和32年) 10月1日 >> 8-4-10

Newspaper Week'57 Issued on Oct. 1, 1957 (Showa32)

Newspaper Week'57 Issued on Oct. 1, 1957 (Showa32) Newspaper Week is an event held by the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors every October from 1948 (Showa 23) for a week. The origin was held in response to the American "Newspaper Week" at the direction of GHQ, and continues to the present day. The 1957 newspaper weekly stamp is designed with a map of Okinawa and a pencil in the shape of a rocket. By the way, this is the last newspaper week commemorative stamp in Okinawa.