The 20th Century Stamp Series 11


C1737a: Radio and Television	C1737b-c: Kurosawa Akira, film director


C1737d-e: Rikidozan, professional wrestler		C1737f: "Godzilla" (1954)

C1737h: Taiyo-zoku	C1737i-jTokyo Tower

C1737g: 10,000 yen banknote

Issue	The 20th Century Stamp Series 11
Date of Issue	23 June 2000 (Heisei 12)
Denominations	50 yen x 2, 80 yen x 8
Quantity	7,000,000 sheets
Designs	C1737a: Television regular broadcast started (1953)	C1737b: Kurosawa Akira received international awards.
	C1737c: Kurosawa Akira's "Seven Samurai" (1954).	C1737d: Rikidozan and the buckle of his champion belt.
	C1737e: Rikidozan's karate chop.	C1737f: Film "Godzilla" (1954).
	C1737h: Novel "Taiyo-no kisetsu" by Ishihara Shintaro.	C1737g: 10,000 yen banknote was issued (1958).
	C1737i: Tokyo Tower was built (1958).	C1737j: Tokyo Tower rises 333 meters (1,093 feet).
Printing	Photogravure in 6 colours
Sheet	10 stamps (picture of the sheet) (original design of the sheet)
Design	Morita Motoharu (public service designer of stamps)
First Day of Issue Postmark	Shiba Post Office

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

(Small Notes for the Issue)
The eleventh one depicts the seven subjects, which represent the years from 1953 to 1958. Original design of the sheet, which was published by the MPT had depicted a whole part of the 10,000 yen banknote. However, by the announcement of the Ministry of Finance expressing the design as "offensive," the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has changed the design.
C1737a: Television regular broadcast started (1953).
C1737b-c: Kurosawa Akira, film director, received international awards. Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" (1954).
C1737d-e: Rikidozan and the buckle of his champion belt. Rikidozan's karate chop.
C1737f: Film "Godzilla" (1954).
C1737g: 10,000 yen banknote was issued (1958). Portrait of prince Shotoku.
C1737h: Novel "Taiyo-no kisetsu" by Ishihara Shintaro. It gave the name "Taiyo-zoku" to a generation of alienated youth.
C1737i-j: Tokyo Tower was built (1958). It rises 333 meters (1,093 feet) and has two observation decks.

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