Sweet Cherries

R285

Issue Sweet Cherries Prefecture Yamagata Date of Issue 26 April 1999 (Heisei 11) Denomination 80 yen Design Sweet Cherries Quantity 13,000,000 copies Image Area 25.0 x 33.5 millimeters Printing Photogravure 5 colours Sheet 20 stamps (4 x 5) Designer Fukuouji Hourin Sold at Post offices in Touhoku, and the appointed post offices (see the menu page) First Day of Issue Postmark Yamagata Central Post Office Catalog No. R285 (Original issue: R2)

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

R285: Sweet cherries are of rose family originated and grown in the areas from the western Asia to southeastern Europe. They were imported to Japan in the Meiji era, and grown in Hokkaidou and Touhoku areas. In Japan, 60% of the pomicultural areas for sweet cherries belong to Yamagata.