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Subcategory - Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations
Japan 2019 Lunar New Year Lucky Cat Stamp Sheet
Issue date 21 January 2019
The 2019 Nengajyo (New Year Cards) lottery numbers will be announced on Sunday, January 20th via newspaper, tv and on the Japan Post website. Japan post selects random numbers, similar to a New Year Postal Lottery. If you match any of those number you can win a prize (100,000 yen cash, travel, electronics, food or stamps).
According to NHK, the idea of combining nengajo with a lottery started in 1949, when the price of a postcard was 2 yen. In the years right after the war, the exchange of nenga-hagaki took on special meaning, since it was a good way to inform friends and relatives that you were still alive and where you were. The lottery, which is called Otoshidama, the term for New Years gifts of cash given to children, made it even more appealing, because so many people had nothing at the time, so the prizes were for the most part practical: sewing machines, skeins of wool, bolts of fabric. As Japanese society became more affluent, the prizes became more aspirational: TV sets and other high-end home appliances, or coupons for international or domestic travel.” – Yen for Living
The stamps in the souvenir sheet features 2 lucky cats with Happy and Lucky perforations on the souvenir sheet. There is a heart shaped perforations on the stamp
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Subcategory - Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations
Japan 2019 Lunar New Year Lucky Cat Stamp Sheet
Issue date 21 January 2019
The 2019 Nengajyo (New Year Cards) lottery numbers will be announced on Sunday, January 20th via newspaper, tv and on the Japan Post website. Japan post selects random numbers, similar to a New Year Postal Lottery. If you match any of those number you can win a prize (100,000 yen cash, travel, electronics, food or stamps).
According to NHK, the idea of combining nengajo with a lottery started in 1949, when the price of a postcard was 2 yen. In the years right after the war, the exchange of nenga-hagaki took on special meaning, since it was a good way to inform friends and relatives that you were still alive and where you were. The lottery, which is called Otoshidama, the term for New Years gifts of cash given to children, made it even more appealing, because so many people had nothing at the time, so the prizes were for the most part practical: sewing machines, skeins of wool, bolts of fabric. As Japanese society became more affluent, the prizes became more aspirational: TV sets and other high-end home appliances, or coupons for international or domestic travel.” – Yen for Living
The stamps in the souvenir sheet features 2 lucky cats with Happy and Lucky perforations on the souvenir sheet. There is a heart shaped perforations on the stamp
To view other stamps in this category click on the following link -
Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs
Disclaimer - Information about the stamp issues on this page has been taken from the net and are for informational purposes only. No copyright claim is made for the above mentioned information/pictures. The pictures have been scanned from my collection.
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