World Heritage the Third Series 8


C2217a C2217b
C2217c C2217d C2217e C2217f
C2217g C2217h C2217i C2217j

Issue World Heritage the Third Series 8
"Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites"
First Day June 25, 2015
Value ¥82 x 10 , sheet of ten Sheet
Designs C2217a, b -"Joshu Tomioka Seishijo no zu"(by Ichiyosai Kuniteru)
C2217c - "Tomioka Seishijo Kojyo Benkyo no zu"(by Asataka)
C2217d - East Cocoon Warehouse
C2217e - Silk-reeling Mill
C2217f - Frontispiece of "Tomioka Nikki"(Fuken meisho zue)
C2217g - Tajima Yahei Sericulture Farm
C2217h - Takayama-sha Sericulture School
C2217i - Arafune Cold Storage
C2217j - Keystone of Tomioka Silk Mill
Designer Maruyama Satoru (stamp designer)
Printing Photogravure in 6 colors
Size C2217a, C2217b : 28.05 x 33.5mm, vertical
C2217c, C2217f : 28.05 x 36.5mm, vertical
C2217d, C2217e, C2217g- j : 25.0 x 33.5mm, vertical

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


[Note on the Stamps]
The Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites is a complex that shows technological@interchange and innovation contributing to the realization of mass-production@of high-quality raw silk from the late 19th century toward the 20th century.@The property consists of four sites: Tomioka Silk Mill, Tajima Yahei@Sericulture Farm, Takayama-sha Sericulture School, and Arafune Cold Storage.


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