The 20th Century Stamp Series 14


C1740a: Paintings of Takamatsuzuka	C1740b: Paintings of Takamatsuzuka	C1740c: Pair of Giant Pandas

C1740d: Reversion of Okinawa	C1740e: "Berusaiyu-no bara"	C1740f: Ozawa Seiji, conductor

C1740i: Oh Sadaharu, baseball player	C1740j: Nagashima Shigeo, baseball player	C1740g: "Erimo-misaki"	C1740h: "Uchu-Senkan Yamato"

Issue	The 20th Century Stamp Series 14
Date of Issue	22 September 2000 (Heisei 12)
Denominations	80 yen x 8 50 yen x 2
Quantity	7,000,000 sheets
Designs	C1740a: Paintings of Takamatsuzuka	C1740b: Paintings of Takamatsuzuka
	C1740c: Pair of Giant Pandas	C1740d: Reversion of Okinawa
	C1740e: "Berusaiyu-no bara"	C1740f: Ozawa Seiji, conductor
	C1740i: Oh Sadaharu, baseball player	C1740j: Nagashima Shigeo, baseball player
	C1740g: "Erimo-misaki"	C1740h: "Uchu-Senkan Yamato"
Printing	Photogravure in 6 colours
Sheet	10 stamps Picture of the Sheet
Design	Morita Motoharu (public service designer of stamps)
First Day of Issue Postmark	Naha Central Post Office

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

(Small Notes on the Issue)
The fourteenth issue depicts the eight subjects, which represent the years from 1972 to 1974.
C1740a-b: Mural paintings of the ancient tomb called Takamatsu-zuka was discovered (1972).
C1740c: A pair of giant pandas was sent to Japan from China as a token of the friendship (1972).
C1740d: Return of Okinawa (1972).
C1740e: Serial cartoon-story, "Berusaiyu-no bara (the rose of Versailles/Lady Oscar)," by Ikeda Riyoko started (1972).
C1740f: Ozawa Seiji, worldwide famous conductor.
C1740i: Oh Sadaharu, a prominent baseball player.
C1740j: Nagashima Shigeo, a prominent baseball player.
C1740g: Song "Erimo-misaki" by Okamoto Osami and Yoshida Takuro (1974).
C1740h: Serial cartoon-story and television program "Uchu-senkan Yamato" by Matsumoto Reiji started (1974).

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