R712a | R712b | R712c | R712d | R712e |
R713a | R713b | R713c | R713d | R713e |
Issue | Flowers of the Hometown Series 1 | |
First Day | July 1, 2008 | |
Value | R712 - 50 yen x 5, se-tenant strip of five | |
R713 - 80 yen x 5, se-tenant strip of five | ||
Sheet | 10 stamps (2 x 5) | R712 - Sheet |
R713 - Sheet | ||
Designs | R712a, R713a - Lilium auratum (Kanagawa Pref.) | |
R712b, R713b - Rosa rugosa (Hokkaido) | ||
R712c, R713c - Rhododendron (Fukushima Pref.) | ||
R712d, R713d - Carthamus tinctorius (Yamagata Pref.) | ||
R712e, R713e - Gentiana scabra var. buergeri (Nagano Pref.) | ||
Designer | R712: Kaifuchi Junko (stamp designer) | |
R713: Nakamaru Hitomi (stamp designer) | ||
Printing | Photogravure in 5 colors | |
Size | R712: 22.5 x 27.0 mm, vertical | |
R713: 22.5 x 33.0 mm, vertical |
Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (JSCA) & SAKURA Catalog numbers are adopted.
[Note on the Stamps]
This is the first series of Furusato Stamps to introduce the four seasons of Japan through prefectural flowers of the 47 prefectures.