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New Year Greeting stamp Showa28 Issued on January 1, 1953

New Year Greeting stamp Showa28 Issued on January 1, 1953
The 1953 New Year stamp was issued on January 1, 1953 (Showa 28). Currently, it is issued in December of the previous year as a preparation period for creating New Year's cards, but this year it was also issued on January 1. In this year as well, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued 500 million New Year's postcards with donations (100 million of them were 4 yen, which is 1 yen cheaper than stamps. Also, 400 million with donations have a face value of 4 yen + from this year. This is because the donation was 1 yen and there was no difference from the stamps), and the issue of 500 million New Year's postcards this year was 10 million (1/50). Was only issued. The design is "Sanbaso Ningyo", and a "small sheet" was distributed as a prize for New Year's postcards. From this year, "local toys" were adopted for the design of stamps.