The 20th Century Stamp Series 12


C1738b-c: Taro (left) & Jiro (right), the dogs that survived the winter in Antarctica		C1738a: Wedding of Crown Prince Akihito

C1738d: Ise Bay Typhoon	C1738e: Song "Sukiyaki"	C1738f: Novel "Ryoma-ga yuku"	C1738h: Song "Konnichiwa akachan"

C1738g: Tokaido Shinkansen (bullet train)	C1738i-j: Tokyo Olympic Games (1964)

Issue	The 20th Century Stamp Series 12
Date of Issue	21 July 2000 (Heisei 12)
Denominations	50 yen x 2 80 yen x 8
Quantity	7,000,000 sheets
Designs	C1738b: Taro, the dog that survived the winter in Antarctica	C1738c: Jiro, the dog that survived the winter in Antarctica
	C1738a: Wedding of Crown Prince Akihito	C1738d: Ise Bay Typhoon
	C1738e: Song "Sukiyaki"	C1738f: Novel "Ryoma-ga yuku"
	C1738h: Song "Konnichiwa akachan"	C1738g: Tokaido Shinkansen (bullet train)
	C1738i: Tokyo Olympic Games (1964)	C1738j: Tokyo Olympic Games (1964)
Printing	Photogravure in 6 colours
Sheet	10 stamps (picture of the sheet)
Designer	Morita Motoharu (public service designer of stamps)
First Day of Issue Postmark	Shibuya Post Office

Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (JSCA) & SAKURA Catalog numbers are adopted.

(Small Notes for the Issue)
The twelfth issue depicts the eight subjects, which represent the years from 1959 to 1964.
C1738a: Wedding of Crown Prince Akihito and Shoda Michiko (1959).
C1738b-c: Taro (left) & Jiro (right), the dogs that survived the winter in Antarctica (1959).
C1738d: Ise Bay Typhoon on September 26, 1959, over 5,000 dead or missing
C1738e: "Ue-wo muite arukou," known as "Sukiyaki," by Nakamura Hachidai and Ei Rokusuke.
C1738f: Novel "Ryoma-ga yuku" by Shiba Ryotaro
C1738h: Song "Konnichiwa akachan" by Nakamura Hachidai and Ei Rokusuke (1963).
C1738g: Tokaido Shinkansen (bullet train) between Tokyo and Osaka opened to public (1964).
C1738i: Tokyo Olympic Games (1964), the first Olympic games held in Asia.

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