50th Anniversary of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition

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C2014g	C2014h	C2014i	C2014j

Issue	50th Anniversary of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition
First Day	January 23, 2007
Value	80 yen x 10, sheet of ten
Designs	C2014a	Fuji, the Ship of Antarctic Expedition
	C2014b	Research Airship
	C2014c	Emperor penguin
	C2014d	Emperor penguin
	C2014e	Soya, the Ship of Antarctic Expedition and Adelie penguin
	C2014f	Adelie penguin
	C2014g	Jiro, one of the famous Sakhalin Dogs who was left abandoned and survived
	C2014h	Taro, the other dog
	C2014i	Shirase, the Ship of Antarctic Expedition
	C2014j	Snow Car
Designer	Hoshiyama Ayaka (Stamp designer)
Printing	Offset in 6 colors
Size	28.0 x 35.5 mm vertical
Sheet	C2014: 10 stamps sheet

The data are based on the publicity of Japan Post.

[Note on Stamps]
November 8th in 1956, Soya, the ship of Antarctic Expedition left Harumi pier, Tokyo with it's first expedition crew and opened Showa Station in Antarctica. Since then, Japanese Antarctic Expedition has been contributed and played an important role in the international society like the discovery of the Antarctic Ozone Hole.

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