Japan Sports 100th Anniversary


C2098a	C2098b	C2098c	C2098d	C2098e

C2098f	C2098g	C2098h	C2098i	C2098j

Issue	Japan Sports 100th Anniversary
First Day	July 8, 2011
Value	80yen x 10, sheet of ten
Designs	C2098a - Establishment of Japan Amateur Athletic Association in 1911
	C2098b - Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964
	C2098c - Japan first participation in Olympic Games in 1912
	C2098d - Sapporo Winter Olympic Games in 1972
	C2098e - National Sports Festival of Japan since 1946
	C2098f - Nagano Winter Olympic Games in 1998
	C2098g - Furuhashi Hironoshin, referred as ﾒthe flying fish of Fujiyama in 1949
	C2098h - Sports Masters Japan since 2001, Logo
	C2098i - Establishment of Japan Junior Sports Clubs Association
	C2098j - Beijing Olympic Games in 2008
Designer	Tamaki Akira (stamp designer)
Printing	Offset in 6 colors
Size	25.0 x 35.5mm, vertical
Sheet	10 stamps (2 x 5)	Sheet

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

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(Small Notes for the issue)

Japan Sports Association (JASA) was founded originally as Japan Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) with Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) by nominating Kano Jigoro to be the first president in 1911. The stamps are issued to commemorate 100th year of its establishment.