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昭和60年 << 1984年(昭和59年) 12月1日 >> 4-2-37

New Year Greeting stamp Showa60 Issued on December 1, 1984

New Year Greeting stamp Showa60 Issued on December 1, 1984
The 1985 New Year stamp was issued on December 1, 1984 (Showa 59). At the same time, 40 yen (2.91 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 (1/45 of postcards) were issued. The design is Tsuyama's "bamboo work", and a "small sheet" was distributed as a New Year's postcard sweepstakes.