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昭和49年 << 1973年(昭和48年) 12月10日 >> 4-2-26

New Year Greeting stamp Showa49 Issued on December 10, 1973

New Year Greeting stamp Showa49 Issued on December 10, 1973
The 1974 New Year stamp was issued on December 10, 1973 (Showa 48). In this year as well, 10 yen (1.8 billion) New Year's postcards without donations and 10 yen face value + 1 yen donation postcards (500 million) were issued. 100 million stamps (1/23 against postcards) were issued for New Year's stamps. The design is an excavated item from Chiba Temple, "Douume Takesukashi Tsuri Toro", and a "small sheet" was distributed as a New Year's postcard sweepstakes.