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佐渡弥彦国定公園 << 1958年(昭和33年) 8月20日 >> 3-3-1

Sado- Yahiko Quasi-National Park Issued on 8 ,20 , 1958 (Showa 33)

Sado- Yahiko Quasi-National Park Issued on 8 ,20 , 1958 (Showa 33)
In August 1958 (Showa 33), the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued two types of Sado Yahiko Quasi-National Park stamps.
Three Quasi-national parks were designated as domestic natural parks equivalent to national parks in July 1950, and 58 are currently designated. This park is an area of about 300 square kilometers with the area of Yoneyama and Yahiko Mountains in Niigata Prefecture and Sado Island on the opposite bank.
In Sado, the scenery of the coast and mountains is the center, and there are many historic sites.In the Yahikoyama area, there are several hot springs in addition to the. Igarashihama dunes, Yahiko Shrine, and Yahikoyama.
The stamps are designed on the Sotokaifu coast of Sado Island and Mt. Yahiko in the Echigo Plain.