New Year's Stamps for 2000


N83	N84

Issue	New Year's Stamps for 2000
Date of Issue	15 November 1999 (Heisei 11)
Denominations	N83: 50 yen	N84: 80 yen
Quantity	N83: 50,000,000	N84: 10,000,000
Designs	N83: "Shichihoumaru (treasure ship)"	N84: dragon of Tsuneishi papier-mache doll
Image Area	18.5 x 22.5 millimeters
Printing	Photogravure in 6 colours
Sheet	100 stamps (10 x 10)	20 stamps (4 x 5)
Designers	N83: Ooya Takayumi (traditional painter)	N84: Hoshiyama Ayaka (public service designer of stamps)
First Day of Issue Postmark	Tsuneishi Post Office (hand-struck one)
First Day of Issue Postmark	Karatsu Post Office (hand-struck one)

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

(Small Notes for the Issue)
By the twelve horary signs of Chinese calendar, 2000 is the year of dragon.
N83: 50 New Year's stamp depicts Karatsu-Yama doll, which is a miniature of the float. "Shichihoumaru (treasure ship)" is the 14th float of Karatsu-Kunchi festival.
N84: 80 yen New Year's stamp for 2000 depicts dragon of Tsuneishi papier-mache doll, which is a folk toy of Tsuneishi, Hiroshima, since the 1890's. The characteristics of Tsuneishi papier-mache doll is its roundness.

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