Centenary of Japanese Migration to Bolivia

C1714

Issue Centenary of Japanese Migration to Bolivia Date of Issue 3 June 1999 (Heisei 11) Denomination 80 yen Quantity 18,000,000 copies Design Dancer of La Diablada and Lake Titicaca Image Area 28.0 x 38.5 millimeters Printing Photogravure in 6 colours Sheet 20 stamps (4 x 5) Designer Shimoda Kouichi (Illustrator) First Day of Issue Postmark Yokohama Central Post Office Catalog No. C1714

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

C1714: The stamp depicts Lake Titicaca and one of the masked characters in the traditional dance of Oruro Carnival, La Diablada. Oruro is a mining town on the high plateau in Bolivia. The town is famous for its carnival, which is called "Devil's Carnival (La Diablada.")
Probably this is the first time for Japanese stamp to depict a devil.