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平成2年 << 1989年(平成元年) 12月1日 >> 4-3-1

New Year Greeting stamp Heisei2 Issued on December 1, 1989

New Year Greeting stamp Heisei2 Issued on December 1, 1989
The 1990 New Year stamp was issued on December 1, 1989. By the way, the consumption tax was introduced from April 1st of the same year. Therefore, the postcard fee was raised from 40 yen to 41 yen. In addition, the world's first stamp with a lottery for 62 yen (for sealed letters) was issued at the same time. The design is 41 yen for "Yawata horse" and 62 yen for "Hamamatsu papier mache". In addition, as a New Year's postage stamp prize, a "small sheet" that combines a New Year's stamp of 41 yen and celebration stamp of 62 yen was distributed.