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1935 saw the first New Year's stamp, issued at the end of the year to pay postage on New Year's cards. It depicted Mount Fuji, as did the first of a long-running series of national parks issues, appearing in 1936. A new definitive series in 1942 reflected Japan's entry into World War II, with designs including war workers and saluting aviators ...
Saluting aviator on 15 sen stamp from 1942. The Japanese Empire issued its first postage stamps in April 1871. In 1896 the first persons to be depicted on a stamp were Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa (1847–1895) and Prince Arisugawa Taruhito (1835–1895) in honor of their role in the First Sino-Japanese War that ended one year earlier.
History of Japanese Stamp Series (Japanese: 1994–96（平成6–8）郵便切手の歩みシリーズ 全6集) 1st World Heritage Series (Japanese: 1994–95（平成6–7）第1次世界遺産シリーズ 全4集) 50 Postwar Memorable Years Series (Japanese: 1996–97（平成8–9）戦後50年 メモリアルシリーズ 全5集)
Eki stamps have existed since at least 1931, the first having been installed at a station in Fukui City. [3] [4] Shortly thereafter, eki stamps were installed at major stations throughout Japan. In recent years, eki stamps have also spread outside to Japan to places such as Taiwan [citation needed] and Indonesia. [5]
4000 years of Hellenism: Block of 4 stamps 1999 Japan: Centenary of relations between Greece and Japan: 1 stamp 2000 Australia: Sydney Olympic Games: 2 stamps 2004 China: Athens 2004: From Athens to Beijing: 2 stamps 2007 Spain: Joint issue Greece-Spain: Asclepios: 1 miniature sheet: 2007 Armenia: Joint issue Greece-Armenia: 2016 Israel
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New Year's stamp of the Ryukyu Island for 1959. This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Ryukyu Islands. The Ryukyu Islands are a chain of islands in the western Pacific Ocean, on the eastern limit of the East China Sea and to the southwest of the island of Kyushu in Japan. The largest of the islands is Okinawa Island.
Baron Maejima Hisoka (前島 密, January 24, 1835 – April 27, 1919), born Ueno Fusagorō (上野 房五郎), was a Japanese statesman, politician, and businessman in Meiji-period Japan. Maejima founded the Japanese postal service , and is known as Yūbin Seido no Chichi ( 郵便制度の父 ) , or "Father of the Postal System".
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