50th Anniversary of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (Self-Adhesive)

Issue	50th Anniversary of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (Self-Adhesive)
First Day	January 23, 2007
Value	80 yen x 10, sheet of ten + 5 postcards, sold at 1,000 yen
Designs	C2015a	Snow Car
	C2015b	Research Airship
	C2015c	Soya, the Ship of Antarctic Expedition and Dog Sled
	C2015d	Weddell Seal
	C2015e	Emperor penguin
	C2015f	Adelie penguin
	C2015g	Taro, one of the famous Sakhalin Dogs who was left abandoned and survived
	C2015h	Emperor penguin (children)
	C2015i	Emperor penguin (parent and child)
	C2015j	Jiro, the other dog
Designer	Hoshiyama Ayaka (Stamp designer)
Printing	Offset in 6 colors
Sheet Size	187.0 x 127.0 mm
Sheet	C2015: 10 stamps Set Image

[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. Sold with 5 postcards and its original case.

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