International Letter -Writing Week 2009


C2065	C2066	C2067

Issue	International Letter -Writing Week 2009
First Day	October 9, 2009
Values	90 yen x 1	110 yen x 1	130 yen x 1
Designs	Taken from "Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido Road" by Utagawa Hiroshige
	C2065 - Fujisawa (Kanagawa)
	C2066 - Okitsu (Shizuoka)
	C2067 - Chiryu (Aichi)
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.

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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 Hiroshige (1797-1858), ukiyoe artist in the late Edo era. These are in possession of Hiraki Ukiyoe Museum. Fujisawa is in Kanagawa, Okitsu is in Shizuoka, and Chiryu is in Aichi.