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昭和61年 << 1985年(昭和60年) 12月2日 >> 4-2-38

New Year Greeting stamp Showa61 Issued on December 2, 1985

New Year Greeting stamp Showa61 Issued on December 2, 1985
The 1986 New Year stamp was issued on December 2, 1985 (Showa 60). At the same time, 40 yen (2.985 billion pieces) of New Year's postcards without donations and 40 yen of face value + 3 yen of donations (240 million pieces) were issued. 70 million New Year stamps (1/46 of postcards) were issued. The design is the Osaka toy "Shennong Tiger", and a "small sheet" was distributed as a New Year's postcard sweepstakes.