International Letter Writing Week/Greeting 1999

International Letter Writing Week Stamps 1999
C1763: 90 yenC1765: 110 yenC1767: 130 yen
C1764: 90 yenC1766: 110 yenC1768: 130 yen
Greeting Stamps 1999


IssueInternational Letter Writing Week/Greeting 1999
Date of Issue6 October 1999 (Heisei 11)
Period for SaleFrom 6 October 1999
to 4 February 2000
Denominations C1763 and C1764:
90 yen		 C1765 and C1766:
110 yen		 C1767 and C1768:
130 yen
Quantity C1763 and C1764:
9,000,000
se-tenant pairs		 C1765 and C1766:
9,000,000
se-tenant pairs		 C1767 and C1768:
9,000,000
se-tenant pairs
Designs Inter-
national
Letter
Writing
Week
(above)		 C1763:
"Kazusa-no kairo"
Thirty-Six Views
of Mt. Fuji Series		 C1765:
"Sanka Haku-u"
Thirty-Six Views
of Mt. Fuji Series		 C1767:
"Fukagawa
Mannen-bashi-shita"
Thirty-Six Views
of Mt. Fuji Series
Greet-
ing
(below)		 C1764:
"Fuyou-ni suzume"
(Sparrow
at hibiscus)		 C1766:
"Kiku-ni abu"
(Horsefly
at chrysanthemums)		 C1768:
"Botan-ni cho"
(Butterfly
at peonies)
Image Area42.0 x 30.0 millimeters
PrintingPhotogravure
in 6 colours		Photogravure
in 5 colours		Photogravure
in 6 colours
Sheet10 stamps (5 x 2)
(upper row) International Letter Writing Week stamps
(lower row) Greeting stamps
LayoutTamaki Akira
First Day of
Issue Postmark		Ueno Post Office

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


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(Small Notes for the Issue)
Hokusai (1760-1849) was one of the representative painters in Japan. He entered the studio of ukiyoe painter Katsukawa Shunsho. After the death of his teacher Shunsho in 1792, he studied paintings of Rimpa and other schools and established his own style. Hokusai's celebrated series of landscape prints the Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji begun to appear by 1831.
"Fuyou-ni suzume (Sparrow at hibiscus)" (C1764) is in possession of Tokyo National Museum.
"Kiku-ni abu (Horsefly at chrysanthemums)" (C1766) is in possession of Tokyo National Museum.
"Botan-ni chou (Butterfly at peonies)" (C1768) is in possession of Sumida Ward, Tokyo.