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玄海国定公園 << 1963年(昭和38年) 3月15日 >> 3-3-16

Genkai Quasi-National Park Issued on 3 , 15 , 1963 (Showa 38)

Genkai Quasi-National Park Issued on 3 , 15 , 1963 (Showa 38)
In March 1968, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a kind of Genkai Quasi-National Park stamp.
Genkai Quasi-National Park is an area centered on the Genkai Sea in northern Kyushu, and was designated in 1956.In 1968, the Matsuura district at the western end was additionally designated. The park area is about 102 square kilometers.
The park range is about 100km east to west from the Wakita coast in Wakamatsu-ku, Kyushu in the east to the west coast of Higashimatsuura in Imari in the west and. Takashima in Nagasaki. It consists of numerous islands in the Genkai Sea, coastal sea cliffs, sea caves, and arcuate sandy beaches of white sand and blue pine trees. The stamp is designed with "Keya no Ohto".