Centenary of Japanese Migration to Peru

C1711

Isseu Centenary of Japanese Migration to Peru Date of Issue 18 May 1999 (Heisei 11) Denomination 80 yen Quantity 18,000,000 copies Design Llama, Machu Picchu, and Hamming Bird of Nazca Image Area 28.05 x 36.5 millimeters Printing Photogravure in 6 colours Sheet 20 stamps (4 x 5) Designer Shimoda Kouichi (Illustrator) First Day of Issue Postmark Tokyo Central Post Office Catalog No. C1711

Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (JSCA) & SAKURA Catalog number is adopted.

C1711: The stamp depicts a llama, a common domestic animal in the Andes highland, the remains of the ancient culture, which is 2,400 meters above the sea level in Machu Picchu and one of the great and ancient patterns showing a hamming bird on the land Nazca.