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広島平和都市 << 1949年(昭和24年) 8月6日 >> 2-4-41

Hiroshima City Issued on August 6, 1949 (Showa 24)

Hiroshima City Issued on August 6, 1949 (Showa 24) In August 1949 (Showa 24), the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a commemorative stamp on the day of the four years since the atomic bomb was dropped, in view of the enforcement of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial City Construction Law.The design depicts a woman holding a rose, which is basically different from the exposition-related miniature sheets that were flooded after the war. The only country in the world to be bombed (the bombed areas are Hiroshima and Nagasaki) Issued for the purpose of praying for the peace and prosperity of Japan, with high significance and importance.