My Favourite Song Series 7

C1619: "Ringo-no uta" (50 yen), C1620: "Omocha-no cha-cha-cha" (80yen)

Issue	My Favourite Song Series 7
Date of Issue	24 November 1998 (Heisei 10)
Denominations	C1619: 50 yen	C1620: 80 yen
Quantity	C1619: 24,000,000 copies	C1620: 30,000,000 copies
Designs	C1619: "Ringo-no uta" (the apple song)	C1620: "Omocha-no cha-cha-cha" (toy's cha-cha-cha at night)
Image Area	25.0 x 33.5 mm, vertical
Printing	Photogravure in 6 colours
Sheet	20 stamps (4 x 5)
Designers	C1619: Nadamoto Tadahito	C1620: Hiro Yamagata
First Day of Issue Postmark (Hand-struck one)	Masuda Post Office

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

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(Small Notes for the Issue)

C1619:"Ringo-no uta (the apple song)" was composed by Manjome Tadashi with the words written by Satou Hachiro. The song is famous for cheering up the Japanese people immediately after the World War II.

C1620:"Omocha-no cha-cha-cha (toy's cha-cha-cha at night)" was composed by Koshibe Nobuyoshi and the words by Nosaka Akiyuki and Yoshioka Osamu. Nosaka is a novelist.