Peace Memorial Park
| Issue | Peace Memorial Park |
| Prefecture | Hiroshima |
| First Day | 22 April 2005 |
| Quantity | 4,000,000 sets |
| Value |
50 yen x 2, se-tenant pair |
| Designs |
R659a - Cenotaph for the A-bomb victims (Memorial Monument for Hiroshima, City
of Peace) |
| R659b - Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
| Size | 22.5 x 33.0 mm, vertical |
| Printing | Offset in 5 colours |
| Sheet | 20 stamps (4 x 5) |
| Designer | Yuki Morihiko (graphic designer) |
| Priner | Toppan Printing Co. |
The data are based on the Publicity of Japan Post.
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[Note on the Stamps]
On 6 August 1945, sixty years ago, the atomic bomb was dropped at the central
area (Nakashima) of Hiroshima. By the Hiroshima Peace Memorial City Construction
Law of 6 August, 1949, the area was reconstructed to be the peace memorials.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum marks the 50th anniversary of the opening
in August 2005.