The First Noguchi Hideyo Africa Prize


C2036a	C2036b

Issue	The First Noguchi Hideyo Africa Prize
First Day	May 23, 2008
Values	80 yen x 2 (se-tenant pair)
Designs	C2036a - Portrait of Noguchi Hideyo
	C2036b - Map of Africa and microscope
Designer	Morita Motoharu (stamp designer)
Printing	Offset in 6 colors
Size	28.0 x 35.6 mm, vertical
Sheet Size	93.5 x 222.5 mm, vertical
Sheet	10 stamps (2 x 5)	Sheet

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

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(Small Notes for the issue)

"Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize" was established to commemorate the 80th anniverysary of the death of Noguchi Hideyo, the worldwide known bacteriologist. The prize is aimed to award people who made outstanding constributions to medical research and medical services in Africa.
The two stamps depict portrait of Noguchi and his beloved microscope with a map of Africa behind it.