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Abashiri Quasi-National Park Issued on 6 , 15 , 1960 (Showa 35)

Abashiri Quasi-National Park Issued on 3 , 20 , 1960 (Showa 35)
In June 1960 (Showa 35), the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a kind of Abashiri Quasi-National Park Stamp.
Abashiri Quasi-National Park covers 372 square kilometers in and around Abashiri City and includes seven lakes, including Lake Saroma, Lake Abashiri, and Lake Tofutsu. It was designated in 1958 (Showa 33).
It features coastal dunes and a primeval flower garden, and Lake Tofutsu became a Ramsar Convention-registered wetland in 2005 (Heisei 17).The stamp is designed as "Genseikaen" (natural flower garden) on the shore of Tofutsu Lake.