World Heritage the Third Series 9
"Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel,
Shipbuilsding and Coal Mining"

C2268a C2268b
C2268c C2268d C2268e C2268f
C2268g C2268h C2268i C2268j

Issue World Heritage the Third Series 9
"Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilsding and Coal Mining"
First Day July 8, 2016
Value ¥82 x 10, sheet of ten
Designs C2268a - First Head Office of Yawata Steel Works
C2268b - Onga River Pumping Station
C2268c - Hagi Reverbatory Furnace
C2268d - Shuseikan Reverbatory Furnace
C2268e - Nirayama Reverbatory Furnace
C2268f - Hashino Iron Mining and Smelting Site
C2268g - Mietsu Naval Dock
C2268h - Kosuge Slip Dock
C2268i - Misumi West Port
C2268j - Miike Port
Designer Maruyama Satoru (stamp designer)
Printing Offset in 6 colors
Size 25.0 x 33.5mm,vertical Sheet

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


[Note on the Stamps]

"Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining" are a series of heritage sites that built a foundation for an industrial nation and achieved a rapid industrialization in shipbuilding, iron and steel, coal and heavy industry, Japanfs key industry, from the late 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century.

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