R651 | R652 | R653 | R654 |
Issue | Beautiful Flowers of Shinshu II | |||
Prefecture | Nagano | |||
First Day | 1 April 2005 | |||
Quantity | 3,750,000 sets | |||
Value | 50 yen x 4, se-tenant strip of 4 | |||
Designs | R651 - Apple blossoms | |||
R652 - Renge-tsutsuji (renge azalea) | ||||
R653 - Suzuran (lily of the valley) | ||||
R654 - Rindou (gentian) | ||||
Size | 22.5 x 27.0 mm, vertical | |||
Printing | Offset in 5 colors | |||
Sheet | 20 stamps (4 x 5) sheet | |||
Designer | Tanowaki Atsushi (designer) |
[Note on the Stamps]
The stamps depict the flowers in Nagano. Nagano is the second greatest apple-producing Prefecture in Japan. Renge-tsutsuji can be commonly found in the mountains and highlands while Suzuran grows only in the highlands. Rindow is the flower of the Prefecture.