The Establishment of "Mountain Day"

C2275a C2275b C2275c C2275d
C2275e C2275f
C2275g C2275h C2275i C2275j


Issue The Establishment of "Mountain Day"
First Day August 10, 2016
Value ¥82 x 10
Designs C2275a - Daisetsuzan (Mt. Asahidake)
C2275b - Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis
C2275c - Mt. Iwate
C2275d - Dicentra peregrina
C2275e - Mt. Yarigatake
C2275f - Lycaeides subsolanus yarigadakeanus
C2275g - Mt. Daisen
C2275h - Viola brevistipulata
C2275i - Kuju Mountain Range
C2275j - Emberiza fucata
Designer Maruyama Satoru (stamp designer)
Printing Offset in 6 colors
Size 25.0 x 33.5mm,vertical
Sheet 10stamps(2 x 5) Sheet

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


[Note on the Stamps]

The stamps are issued to commemorate the establishment of "Mountain Day" on August 11 as a new national holiday. "Mountain Day" is intended "to give opportunities to get close to mountains and to appreciate the benefits of mountains". The stamps depict the best-known mountains in Japan as well as plants and animals lived in the mountains.

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