 G178a |
 G178b |
| Issue | Special Stamps for International Airmail Postcards 2017 | |
| First Day | November 1, 2017 | |
| Value | ¥18 x 2 | |
| Designs | G178a - Dango | G178b - Taiyaki |
| Designer | Hoshiyama Ayaka (stamp designer) | |
| Printing | Offset in 4 colors | |
| Size | 22.5 x 18.5mm,horizontal | |
| Sheet | 10 stamps (2 x 5) | Sheet |
[Note on the Stamps]
These stamps are issued to complement the difference in price between domestic-use (¥52) and oversea-use (¥70) when sending New Year greeting postcards to overseas. Stamps depict "Dango" and "Taiyaki", as the food which both Japanese and foreign people easy to imagine Japan.