Philatelic Week 1998

C1669

Issue	Philatelic Week 1998
Date of Issue	17 April 1998 (Heisei 10)
Denomination	80 yen
Quantity	50,000,000 copies
Design	"Keshi"(poppies) painted by Kobayashi Kokei
Image Area	30.0 x 42.0 mm, vertical
Printing	Photogravure in 6 colours
Sheet	10 stamps (2 x 5)
Layout	Aoki Gishou
First Day of Issue Postmark	Osaka Central Post Office
Catalog No.	C1669

Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (JSCA) & SAKURA Catalog number is adopted.

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(Small Notes for the Issue)

A week from 20 April is the Philatelic Week in Japan. The first commemorative stamp of the Philatelic Week was issued on 1 November 1947 (C115).

This year the stamp depicts "Keshi (poppies)" painted in 1921 by Kobayashi Kokei (1883-1957), which is now in possession of Tokyo National Museum, Ueno, Japan.