The 20th Century Stamp Series 15


C1741a: Song "Jidai"	C1741b: Song "Oyoge! Taiyakikun"	C1741c: Karaoke

C1741d: Song "Cosmos"	C1741e: Song "UFO"	C1741f: "Kinpachi-sensei"

C1741g: Gundam	C1741h: Gundam	C1741i: Synthesizer music	C1741j: "Oshin"

Issue	The 20th Century Stamp Series 15
Date of Issue	23 October 2000 (Heisei 12)
Denomination	50 yen x 2, 80 yen x 8
Quantity	7,000,000 sheets
Designs	C1741a: Song "Jidai" (1975)	C1741b: Song "Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun" (1975)
	C1741c: Karaoke became popular (1977)	C1741d: Song "Cosmos" (1977)
	C1741e: Song "UFO" (1977)	C1741f: Serial TV drama "San-nen B-gumi Kin-pachi-sensei" (1979)
	C1741g-h: Serial TV program "Kido-senshi Gundam" (1979). Gundam (left) and Amuro (right).
	C1741i: Synthesizer music	C1741j: Serial TV drama "Oshin" (1983)
Printing	Photogravure in 6 colours
Sheet	10 stamps, (Picture of the Sheet)
Design	Morita Motoharu (public service designer of stamps)
First Day of Issue Postmark	Tokyo Central Post Office

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

(Small Notes for the Issue)
The fifteenth issue depicts the nine subjects, which represent the years from 1975 to 1983.
C1741a: Song "Jidai" by Nakajima Miyuki (1975)
C1741b: Song "Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun" (1975)
C1741c: Karaoke became popular (1977)
C1741d: Song "Cosmos" by Sada Masashi (1977)
C1741e: Song "UFO" by Aku Yu and Tokura Shun'ichi (1977)
C1741f: Serial TV drama "San-nen B-gumi Kin-pachi-sensei" (1979)
C1741g-h: Serial TV program "Kido-senshi Gundam" (1979). Gundam (left) and Amuro (right).
C1741i: Synthesizer music became popular around the end of the 1970's.
C1741j: Serial TV drama "Oshin" (1983) marked the audience rating of 52.6 %.

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