R665a | R665b | ||
R665c | R665d | ||
R665e | R665f | ||
R665g | R665h | ||
R665i | R665j |
Issue | The Flowers and Scenery of Kyushu | |||
Prefectures | Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ooita, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima | |||
First Day | 1 June 2005 | |||
Quantity | 1,000,000 sheets | |||
Value | 50 yen x 10, se-tenant block of 10 | |||
Designs | R665a - Ume and Dazaifu-Tenmangu (shrine) (Fukuoka) | |||
R665b - Sakura (cherry blossoms) and Kanmon bridge (Fukuoka) | ||||
R665c - Kusunohana (camphor blossoms) and Ariake Sea (Saga) | ||||
R665d - Unzen-Tsutsuji (azaleas) and Mt. Fugendake (Nagasaki) | ||||
R665e - Tulips and Huis Ten Bosch (Nagasaki) | ||||
R665f - Rindou (gentians) and Mt. Aso (Kumamoto) | ||||
R665g - Bungo-Ume and Mt. Takasaki (Ooita) | ||||
R665h - Hamayu (crinums) and Nichinan beach (Miyazaki) | ||||
R665i - Miyama-Kirishima (azaleas) and Kirishima mountain range (Kagoshima) | ||||
R665j - Hibiscus and Adan (screw-pine) (Kagoshima) | ||||
Size | 22.5 x 27.0 mm, vertical | |||
Printing | Photogravure in 5 colors | |||
Sheet | 20 stamps (4 x 5) | |||
Designer | Iwasaki Chizuru (illustrator) | |||
Prianter | National Printing Bureau |
[Note on the Stamps]
The stamps depict representative flowers and blossoms of each prefecture
in Kyushu together with the related scenery.