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昭和46年 << 1970年(昭和45年) 12月10日 >> 4-2-23

New Year Greeting stamp Showa45 Issued on December 10, 1969

New Year Greeting stamp Showa46 Issued on December 10, 1970
The 1971 New Year stamp was issued on December 10, 1970 (Showa 45). In this year as well, a donation-free New Year's postcard of 7yen (1.18 billion sheets) and a face value of 7 yen + a donation of 1 yen postcard (500 million sheets) were issued. 70 million (1/24 against postcards) New Year stamps were issued. The design is "Wild boar", a folk craft of Niigata prefecture, and "Small sheet" was distributed as a New Year's postcard sweepstakes.