Monkeys in the Hot Spring

R358

Issue	Monkeys in the Hot Spring
Prefecture	Nagano
Date of Issue	13 October 1999 (Heisei 11)
Denomination	80 yen
Design	Monkeys in the Hot Spring
Quantity	10,000,000 copies
Image Area	25.0 x 33.5 millimeters
Printing	Photogravure in 6 colours
Sheet	20 stamps (4 x 5)
Designer	Yanagisawa Kyoko (Paper Craft Artist)
Sold at	Post offices in Shin'etsu, and the appointed post offices (see the menu page)
First Day of Issue Postmark	Yudanaka Post Office
Catalog No.	R358

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

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(Small Notes for the Issue)

Originally, the stamp, one of the first Furusato stamps, was issued on 1 April 1989, by the denomination of 62 yen (No. R1), but for this time, it was issued again by the denomination of 80 yen. It depicts a female macaque and its twin children immersed in the Jigokudani Hot Spring, where monkeys have learned to weather the cold winters by taking to the waters.