Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps made from Special Paper ( Washi - Japanese traditional paper)
Subcategory - Stamps made from Special Paper ( Washi - Japanese traditional paper)
Japan 2021 150 years of Japan's Modern Postal Service
Issue date 25 August 2021
Japan Post to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the postal service has issued a special booklet with a Special Stamp sheet made of hand made (Washi) paper by Mino-kikaisuki.
The Sheet features "Beauty Looking Back" (Painter Hishikawa Moronobu) and "Wild Geese Flying under the Full Moon" (Painter Utagawa Hiroshige)
The stamp sheet has a translucent type of quality and was included in a special booklet issued for PhilaNippon 2021 exhibition.
A booklet on the three types of branding of Washi papers - Mino-kikaisukiwashi paper used in this mini sheet is available for download through this link -
http://www.minowashi-japan.com/wp-content/themes/minowashi/image/book/brandbook.pdf
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