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昭和63年 << 1987年(昭和62年) 12月1日 >> 4-2-40

New Year Greeting stamp Showa63 Issued on December 1, 1987

New Year Greeting stamp Showa63 Issued on December 1, 1987
The 1988 New Year stamp was issued on December 1, 1987 (Showa 62). At the same time, 40 yen (3.083 billion pieces) of New Year's postcards without donations and 40 yen of face value + 3 yen of donations (327 million pieces) were issued. 70 million New Year stamps (1/49 of postcards) were issued. The design is "Dore no Hebi", and a "small sheet" combined with a celebration stamp of 60 yen was distributed as a New Year's postcard sweepstakes