National Afforestation Campaign

Issue National Afforestation Campaign Prefecture Ibaraki First Day 27 May 2005 Value 50 yen Quantity 10,000,000 copies Designs Iris, Mt. Tsukuba and Lake Kasumigaura Size 27.0 x 22.5 mm Printing Photogravure in 6 colours Sheet 20 stamps (5 x 4) Designer Ooya Takayumi (traditional painter) Printer National Printing Bureau Catalog No. R662

[Note on the Staqmps]
The 56th National Afforestation Ceremony, the annual main event of the campaign, was held on 5 June 2005 in Ibaraki under the slogan of "That's Great! To Be One with Nature." The stamp depicts iris (the representative flower of Itako), Mt. Tsukuba and Lake Kasumigaura (the representative of Ibaraki).