International Letter -Writing Week 2008

C2043 C2044 C2045

IssueInternational Letter -Writing Week 2008
First DayOctober 9, 2008
Value90 yen x 1110 yen x 1130 yen x 1
Designs Taken from "Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido Road (Hoeido edition)" by Utagawa Hirohsige
C2043 - Kanagawa (Kanagawa) C2044 - Mishima (Shizuoka) C2045 - Ishibe (Shiga)
DesignerTamaki Akira (stamp designer)
PrintingPhotogravure in 5 colors
Size45.0 x 33.0 mm, horizontal
Sheet10 stamps (5 x 2)

Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (JSCA) & SAKURA Catalog numbers are adopted.



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(Small Notes for the issue)
The stamps depict three of "Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido Road (Hoeido edition)" by Utagawa Hirohsige (1797-1858), ukiyoe artist in the late Edo era. These are in possession of Hiraki Ukiyoe Museum. Kanagawa is in kanagawa, Mishima is in Shizuoka, Ishibe is in Shiga.