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昭和35年 << 1959年(昭和34年) 12月19日 >> 4-2-12

New Year Greeting stamp Showa35 Issued on December 19, 1959

New Year Greeting stamp Showa35 Issued on December 19, 1959
The 1960 New Year stamp was issued on December 19, 1959 (Showa 34). In this year as well, New Year's postcards with donations of 4 yen (170 million) and postcards with a face value of 4 yen + donations of 1 yen (620 million) were issued. 10 million stamps (1/79 against postcards) were issued. The design is a Kanazawa toy "rice eating mouse", and a "small sheet" was distributed as a prize for New Year's postcards.