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第3回国民体育大会 << 1948年(昭和23年) 10月29日 >> 2-4-27

3rd National Athletic Meet Issued on October 29, 1948 (Showa 23)

3rd National Athletic Meet Issued on October 29, 1948 (Showa 23) From October to November 1948, the 3rd National Sports Festival was held mainly in Fukuoka, Kyushu.To commemorate this, the Ministry of Communications issued four types of continuous stamps. The design is 100 meters, high jump, bicycle and baseball. These 80-sided sheets are made by alternately baking negatives with a solitex (splitting machine), and like the 2nd National Athletic Meet sheet, the whole is rhythmically constructed.