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昭和32年 << 1956年(昭和31年) 12月20日 >> 4-2-9

New Year Greeting stamp Showa32 Issued on December 20, 1956

New Year Greeting stamp Showa32 Issued on December 20, 1956
The 1957 New Year stamp was issued on December 20, 1956 (Showa 31). In this year as well, 4 yen (300 million pieces) of New Year's postcards with donations and 4 yen of face value + 1 yen of donations (450 million pieces) were issued. Only 6 million (1/125 against post cards) New Year stamps were issued. The design is "Danjiri" of Nagasaki toys, and "small sheet" was distributed as a prize for New Year's postcards.