National Afforestation Campaign 2006

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Issue National Afforestation Campaign Prefectures Gifu First Day 19 May 2006 Denomination 50 yen Quanatity 8,000,000 copies Design Milk Vetch, Mt. Norikuradake and Gifucho butterflies Size 22.5mm x 27.0 mm Printing Photogravure in 5 colours Sheet 20 stamps (4 x 5) Designer Hayashi Shin (traditional painter) Printer National Printing Bureau

[Note on the Stamp]
The 57th National Afforestation Ceremony, the annual main event of the campaign, was held on 21 May, 2006, in Gifu under the slogan of "Be grateful and hand the blessing of forests to the future." The stamp depicts milk vetch (the representative flower of Gifu), Mt. Norikuradake and Gifucho butterflues (which were named after Gifu).