Re-Introduction of the Oriental White Stork

R666

Issue Re-introduction of the Oriental white stork Prefecture Hyoto First Day 6 June 2005 Value 80 yen Quantity 7,000,000 copies Design Re-introduction of the Oriental white stork Size 22.5 x 33.0 mm Printing Offset in 5 colours Sheet 20 stamps (4 x 5) Designer Nagata Moe (illustrator) Printing Toppan Printing Co.

[Note on the Stamp]
Oriental white stork has been listed as a national protected species since 1956. They once inhabited in Japan and Korea but went extinct in Japan in 1971. City of Toyooka has a program to reintroduce oriental white storks into their former inhabitant by captive breeding. The first trial to reintroduce oriental white storks is expected to be done in autumn 2005.