N156 | N158 |
Issue | ¥52 New Year's Stamps for 2017 | |
First Day | November 1, 2016 | |
Value | N156 - ¥52 | N158 - ¥52+3 |
Designs | Kurashiki Hariko "Rooster" | |
Designer | Kusuda Yuji(stamp designer) | |
Printing | N156- Photogravure in 5 colors | |
N158- Photogravure in 6 colors + Typography in 1 color | ||
Size | N156- 18.5 x 22.5mm, vertical | |
N158- 23.0 x 48.0mm, vertical | ||
Sheet | N156- 50stamps(5 x 10) | |
N158- 20stamps(4 x 5) |
Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (JSCA) & SAKURA Catalog numbers are adopted.
[Note on the Stamps]
¥52 New Year's stamp and ¥52+3 New Year's semi postal stamp with lottery for 2017 depict "Kurashiki Hariko Rooster", a folk toy of Kurashiki Papier-mache (traditional crafts) of Okayama prefecture in association with the year of the Rooster.