The 20th Century Stamp Series 4


1730a: Hakone Ekiden (1920)	1730b: "Gondora-no-uta " (1920)	1730c: The Great Earthquake of 1923

1730d: "Nonkina tousan"	1730e: "Shou-chan no bouken"	1730f: Red-Crowned Crane	1730g: Koushien Baseball Ground

	1730i: Silent films, Onoe Matsunosuke	1730j: Silent films, Bandou Tsumasaburou	1730h: "Modern boys" and "modern girls"

Issue	The 20th Century Stamp Series 4
Date of Issue	22 December 1999 (Heisei 11)
Denominations	50 yen x 2, 80 yen x 8
Quantity	7,000,000 sheets
Designs	1730a: Hakone Ekiden (1920)	1730b: "Gondora-no-uta" (1920)
	1730c: The Great Earthquake of 1923
	1730d: "Nonkina tousan"	1730e: "Shou-chan no bouken"
	1730f: Red-Crowned Crane	1730g: Koushien Baseball Ground
		1730h: "Modern boys" and "modern girls"
	1730i: Silent films, Onoe Matsunosuke	1730j:Silent films, Bandou Tsumasaburou
Image Area	28.05 x 36.5 millimeters
Printing	Photogravure in 6 colours
Sheet	10 stamps (picture of the sheet)
Designer	Morita Motoharu (public service designer of stamps)
First Day of Issue Postmark	Sapporo Central Post Office

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

(Small Notes for the Issue)
The fourth issue depicts the nine subjects, which represent the years from 1920 to 1925.
C1730a: Hakone Ekiden began in February 1920. It is a long-distance relay road race between Tokyo and Hakone.
C1730b: "Gondora-no-uta (song on gondola)" (1920)
C1730c: The Great Earthquake of 1923 in areas in and around Tokyo and Yokohama.
C1730d: "Nonkina tousan (carefree father)," newspaper cartoon.
C1730e: "Shou-chan no bouken (adventure of a boy called Sho-chan)" newspaper cartoon.
C1730f: Red-Crowned Crane
C1730g: Koushien Baseball Ground opened in 1924
C1730h: Heyday of Silent films, Onoe Matsunosuke. A scene taken from "Kunisada Chuji."
C1730i: Heyday of Silent films, Bandou Tsumasaburou. A scene taken from "Orochi."
C1730j: "Modern boys" and "modern girls"

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