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昭和55年 << 1979年(昭和54年) 12月1日 >> 4-2-32

New Year Greeting stamp Showa55 Issued on December 1, 1979

New Year Greeting stamp Showa55 Issued on December 1, 1979
The 1980 New Year stamp was issued on December 1, 1979 (Showa 54). In this year as well, 20 yen (2.25 billion pieces) of New Year's postcards without donations and 20 yen of face value + 1 yen of donations (500 million pieces) were issued. 50 million New Year stamps (1/55 of postcards) were issued. The design is "kIki-zaru, and "small sheet" was distributed as a New Year's postcard sweepstakes.