New Year's Semi-Postal Stamps for 2001


N89: Spiral Snake
N90: Snake of Sasanobori

IssueNew Year's Semi-Postal Stamps for 2001
Date of Issue15 November 2000 (Heisei 12)
On Salefrom 15 November 2000 to 10 January 2001
DenominationsN89: 50 yenN90: 80 yen
Sold AtN89: 53 yenN90: 83 yen
QuantityN89: 15,000,000N90: 8,000,000
DesignsN89: Spiral Snake
of Jindaiji Dorei		N90: Snakes of Sasanobori,
wooden folk toys
Image AreaN89: 22.5 x 48.0 millimetersN90: 25.5 x 51.0 millimeters
PrintingPhotogravure in 6 colours and Typography in 1 colour
Sheet50 stamps (10 x 5)
DesignersN89: Maruyama Satoru
(public service designer of stamps)		N90: Kaifuchi Junko
(traditional painter)
First Day of
Issue Postmarks		Chofu Post Office (hand-struck one)
Yonezawa Post Office (hand-struck one)

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

(Small Notes for the Issue)
N89: 50+3 yen New Year's semi-postal stamp with lottery for 2001 depict the unglazed clay bells of Jindaiji. The characteristics of the Jindaiji Dorei (unglazed clay bells) is its naive colors and patterns, which are now made by Baba Kikuo.
N90: 80+3 yen New Year's semi-postal stamp with lottery for 2001 depict snake of Sasanobori, which is a wooden folk toy of more than one thousand and some hundred years of tradition. The characteristics of Sasanobori is its wild simplicity.

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