¥50 New Year's Stamps for 2014

N143 N145

Issue ¥50 New Year's Stamps for 2014
First Day November 1, 2013
Values　 N143 - ¥50
N145 - ¥50 + 3
Designs N143 - Nakayama doll (earthenware bell) "Dorei-Harukoma"
N145 - Nogomi doll (earthenware doll) "Inarigoma"
Designer Nakamaru Hitomi (Stamp designer)
Printing N143 - Photogravure in 5 colors
N145 - Photogravure in 6 colors + Typography in 1 color
Size N143 - 18.5mm x 22.5mm, vertical
N145 - 22.5 x 48.0mm, vertical
Sheet N143 - 100 stamps (10 x 10)
N145 - 50 stamps (10 x 5)

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


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(Small Notes for the issue)
[N143]
¥50 New Year's Stamp depict Nakayama doll "Doreiharukoma", a folk toy of Akita prefecture in association with the year of the horse. Nakayama doll, being famous for its bright yet elegant colors, has varieties of dolls such as Kabuki dolls and Festival dolls called Sekku Ningyo.
[N145]
¥50 New Year's semi postal stamp (selling price : ¥53) with lottery for 2014 depict Nogomi doll "Inarigoma", a folk toy of Saga prefecture in association with the year of the horse. "Inarigoma", first sold at the Yutokuinari shrine as a good luck charm, is a horse with a sacred gem on its back.