150th Anniversary of Opening the Port in Japan "Nagasaki"


C2060a	C2060b	C2060c	C2060d

	C2060e	C2060f

C2060g	C2060h	C2060i	C2060j

Issue	150th Anniversary of Opening the Port in Japan "Nagasaki"
First Day	June 2, 2009
Value	80 yen x 10, sheet of ten
Designs	C2060a - Kiyou Oura Shinkei-zu 1 (detail)
	C2060b - Kiyou Oura Shinkei-zu 2 (detail)
	C2060c - Night view of Nagasaki Port 1
	C2060d - Night view of Nagasaki Port 2
	C2060e - Ships crossing the port 1
	C2060f - Ships crossing the port 2
	C2060g - Night view of Nagasaki Port 3
	C2060h - Oura Church (Important cultural property)
	C2060i - Nippon-maru and Megami Bridge
	C2060j - Glover Garden and Nagasaki Port
Printing	Offset in 6 colors
Size	a-f : 28.0 x 35.5 mm
	g-j : 25.0 x 35.5 mm
Sheet	10 stamps (2 x 5)	Sheet

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

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(Small Notes for the issue)

In 1854, The Tokugawa shogunate agreed to open the ports in Hakodate, Niigata, Yokohama, Kobe, and Nagasaki as first international trade ports in Japan. In 1859, first three ports of Hakodate, Yokohama, and Nagasaki were opened. To commemorate its 150th anniversary, stamps depict the painting of those days, a night view of each port, and the incorporating elements of western culture within each city.