Toki in Sado

R331: (above) Youyou and Yangyang,
R332: Kin, the last native Toki

Issue	Toki in Sado
Prefecture	Niigata
Date of Issue	16 July 1999 (Heisei 11)
Denomination	80 yen x 2
Designs	R331: Youyou and Yangyang, a pair of Toki, present from China	R332: Kin, the last native Toki
Quantity	7,950,000 se-tenant pairs
Image Area	27.0 x 22.5 millimeters
Printing	Offset in 5 colours
Sheet	20 stamps (5 x 4)
Photograph provided by	R331: Environment Agency	R332: Hanyu Kiyoshi
Sold at	Post offices in Shin'etsu, and the appointed post offices (see the menu page)
First Day of Issue Postmark	Niiho Post Office

Toki in Sado, Pane

Issue	Toki in Sado, Pane
Price	800 yen (80 yen x 10)
Pane Size	160.0 x 51.0 millimeters
Pane	10 stamps (5 x 2)
Catalog No.	R332P

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

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(Small Notes for the Issue)

There is just one Japanese Toki (Nipponia nippon, Japanese crested ibis) remaining. However, in January 1999, China gave a pair of the bird, Youyou and Yangyang, as a symbol of the friendship between China and Japan. One of their first eggs laid in Japan hatched on 21 May, 1999.