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霧島国立公園(第1次) << 1940年(昭和15年) 8月21日 >> 3-1-10

kirisima National Park Stamp Issued on Augusut21, 1940 (Showa 15)

Kirishima National Park Stamp Issued on August 21, 1940 (Showa 15)
Kirishima National Park is located in both Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures in Kyushu, and was designated as the first national park in Japan in 1939 (Showa 9).
After that, the "Kinkowan area" was incorporated and it is now "Kirishima Kinkowan National Park. This stamp is Shinmoe Mountain and Kirishima Jingu, the largest shrine in South Kyushu." Is designed.Due to the shortage of tato (cover) caused by the Sino- Japanese War, this small sheet was also issued in a small number of 50,000 sheets.