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昭和58年 << 1982年(昭和57年) 12月1日 >> 4-2-35

New Year Greeting stamp Showa58 Issued on December 1, 1982

New Year Greeting stamp Showa58 Issued on December 1, 1982
The 1983 New Year stamp was issued on December 1, 1982 (Showa 57). At the same time, 40 yen (2.72 billion) postcards without donations and 40 yen face value + 3 yen donations (240 million) were issued. Since the donation increased from 1 yen to 3 yen from this year, postcards with donations were issued at less than 50% of the average year. 70 million New Year stamps (1/42 of postcards) were issued.The design is the Tsutsumi doll "Kintaro Shinori", and a "small sheet" was distributed as a New Year's postcard sweepstakes.