N122 | N124 |
Issue | 50 yen New Year's Stamps for 2009 | |
First Day | November 4, 2008 | |
Values | N122 - 50 yen | N124 - 50 + 3 yen |
Sheet | N122 - 100 stamps (10 x 10) | N124 - 50 stamps (10 x 5) |
Designs | "Gan-kake ushi" | |
Designer | Oya Takayumi (Japanese-style painter) | |
Printing | N122 - Photogravure in 5 colors | |
N124 - Photogravure in 6 colors + Typography in 1 color | ||
Size | N122 - 19.5 x 23.0 mm | N124 - 23.3 x 48.0 mm, vertical |
Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (JSCA) & SAKURA Catalog numbers are adopted.
(Small Notes for the issue) |
50 yen New Year's stamp and 50 + 3 yen New Year's semi-postal stamp with lottery for 2009 depict"Gan-kake ushi", a folk toy of Sasebo, Nagasaki, in association with the year of the ox. |