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| C2043 | C2044 | C2045 |
| Issue | International Letter -Writing Week 2008 | ||
| First Day | October 9, 2008 | ||
| Value | 90 yen x 1 | 110 yen x 1 | 130 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) | |
| Designer | Tamaki Akira (stamp designer) | ||
| Printing | Photogravure in 5 colors | ||
| Size | 45.0 x 33.0 mm, horizontal | ||
| Sheet | 10 stamps (5 x 2) | ||
Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (JSCA) & SAKURA Catalog numbers are adopted.
| (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. |