Lottery Stamps

Category - Sight
Subcategory - Lottery Stamps

Lottery Stamps are usually stamps sold with a chance to win a prize. Was contemplating to introduce this category for a long time but never got to it.. Will recategorize some of the earlier post with scratch and win stamps to include this category of Stamps. 

Japan 2025 Lunar New Year of the Horse Lottery Prize Stamps

Issue date 30 October 2025

Japan Post has issued its annual Lunar New Year of the Horse Lottery Prize Stamps. A set of 4 stamps were issued of which 2 stamps has a unique number in the selvage attached. These numbers if winning usually offers prizes from Japan Post The draw date for the Japan Post New Year's lottery stamps (nengajo) in 2026 is scheduled for January 19, 2026. The winning numbers are typically announced on the official Japan Post website. 

Prizes typically range from cash and e-money to gift catalogs and special stamp sheets.

These stamps are first in my collection though I have posted stamps earlier which were special stamp sheets won in the lottery.

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - 3D - Holographic Stamps

Just updating stamps from my collection from Japan visit earlier this year

Japan 2013 Constellations Series 4 Holographic foil stamps sheet

Issue date 4 December 2013

Japan Post as part of the Constellation Series has issued the 4th installations of 10 Constellation Stamps featuring  Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Orion, Auriga, Canis Major, Koinuza, Lepus, Monoceros and Tsuzumiboshi

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3D - Holographic Stamps

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - 3D - Holographic Stamps

Just updating stamps from my collection from Japan visit earlier this year

Japan 2013 Constellations Series 3 Holographic foil stamps sheet

Issue date 5 July 2013

Japan Post as part of the Constellation Series has issued the 3rd installations of 10 Constellation Stamps featuring Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Ursa Major, Little Bear, Bootes, Corvus, Corona, Canes Venatici and Ladle mother and child.

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3D - Holographic Stamps

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - 3D - Holographic Stamps

Just updating stamps from my collection from Japan visit earlier this year..Earlier had updated the 2nd series

Japan 2011 Constellations Series 1 Holographic foil stamps sheet

Issue date 7 July 2011

Japan Post has issued stamps in the First of the Constellation Series  Stamps featuring  Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Lyra, Aquila, Cygnus, Hercules, Ophiuchus & Serpens, Delphinus and Uotsuriboshi.

Had updated the 2nd Series in an earlier post

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Japan 2012 Constellations Series 2 Holographic foil stamps sheet

Issue date 6 July 2012

Japan Post as part of the Constellation Series has issued the 2nd installations of Constellation Stamps featuring Capricornus , Aquarius, Pisces, Cassiopeia, Pegasus, Andromeda, Perseus, Cepheus, Cetus and Ikariboshi.

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3D - Holographic Stamps

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Japan 2009 International Polar Year 2007-2009 Holographic foil stamps sheet

Issue date 30 June 2009 

Japan Post in s joint issue has produced a common stamp issue concerning the problem of the Global Warming and featuring the slogan “Preserve the Polar Regions and Glaciers”. The Stamps features the four animals which live in the Polar regions - Polar Bear, Seal, Wolves and the Penguin with the background of the Aurora Borealis. In addition, a hologram is being used for the first time on stamps to depict an ice crystal, which is the shared logo of the international stamp campaign. 

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3D - Holographic Stamps

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Japan 2011 Phila Nippon 2011 Stamp with holographic foil

Issue date  21 January 2011

Japan Post to commemorate the Japan World Stamp Exhibition 2011 (PHILANIPPON’11) held from July 28th to August 2nd at PACIFICO YOKOHAMA in Yokohama has issued a mini sheet with stamps depicting popular Japanese anime characters Astro Boy, Doraemon, Pikachu, Hello Kitty with the last stamp from the 

Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga ("Animal-person Caricatures") scrolls, These stamps were printed with holographic foil printing.

Doraemon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio from 1969. The series has also been adapted into a successful anime series and media franchise.

Pokémon is a media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, a Japanese consortium between Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. The franchise was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1995, and is centered on fictional creatures called "Pokémon", which humans, known as Pokémon Trainers, catch and train to battle each other for sport.

Hello Kitty, is a fictional character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio, created by Yuko Shimizu in 1974 and currently designed by Yuko Yamaguchi. She is depicted as an anthropomorphic white Japanese Bobtail cat-inspired character with a red bow.

Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga ("Animal-person Caricatures") is a famous set of four picture scrolls, or emakimono, belonging to Kōzan-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan. The Chōjū-giga scrolls are also referred to as Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans in English. Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga is also credited as the oldest work of manga (mid-12th century). The scrolls are now entrusted to the Kyoto National Museum and Tokyo National Museum.

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3D Holographic Stamps

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - 3D Hologram 

Japan 2021 Pokemon Stamp Box - Stamp Sheet with Holographic Printing

Issue date 25 October 2021

Japan Post in collaboration with the Pokemon Company has issued a limited box set, featuring Pokemon themed postage stamps and 2 very special full-art cards. The two full-art promo cards are inspired by Famous Japanese artworks, 1948 "Beauty Looking Back" with Pikachu & 1949 "Geese Flying Across Full Moon" with Cramorant. Both cards are illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. These two illustrations are also depicted on the Stamp sheet.

The Stamp sheet features 10 Stamps of which 3 stamps have holographic foil printing

The Box set contains

・Pokémon stamp sheet x 1

・Pokemon Transformation Post Card x 3

・Family Pokémon Card Game x 1

・Promo card Pikachu 227/s-p x 1

・Promo card Cramorant 226/s-p x 1

Due to the lottery system on Japan Post there was a huge demand resulting it being sold out in a very short time.

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3D - Holographic Stamps

Unusual Postal Souvenirs

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Stamps with Interactive Games - Update

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Japan 2017 Winter Greetings Stamps with Find the difference in the Stamps

 

 

Issue Date 01 December 2017

Japan Post has issued a set of special stamps with minute difference in printing between the two stamps featuring a snowman on the mini sheet with 10 adhesive stamps. Find the difference between the 2 stamps.

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Stamps with Interactive Games

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Stamps with Interactive Games - Update

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A special mention of Thanks to Dr. Jean Wang (Toronto) for introducing me to this special type of stamps where you need to really look to find the difference between the Stamps. These stamps were featured in her Newsletter for the North Toronto Stamp Club,

Japan 2016 Winter Greetings Stamps with Find the difference in the Stamps

Issue Date 02 December 2016

Japan Post has issued a set of special stamps with minute difference in printing between the two stamps featuring an Orchestra on the mini sheet with 10 adhesive stamps. Find the difference between the 2 stamps.

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Stamps with Interactive Games

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Stamps printed on Special Paper - Update

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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 3 Special Stamp sheets made of handmade (Washi) paper by Mino-kikaisuki. 

The booklet features 3 stamp sheets printed on the world's first "washi (traditional Japanese paper) sticker-type stamp sheet" with 3 symbols of Japan Philately:

- Collection of Modern Beauties: Cheeky Girl (Girl Reading Letter)

- Opening of Yokohama Post Office

- Maejima Hisoka (Father of the Modern Japanese Postal Service)

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Stamps printed on Special Paper

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Stamps with Interactive (QR/Bar/Augmented Reality/C) codes - Update

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Sub Category - Stamps with QR code

Japan 2023 Stamps with QR Code 

Issue date 15 February 2023

Japan Post has issued special stamps with QR codes that can be scanned to access music on Spotify's music streaming service. The QR code is revealed when a seal on the stamp is peeled off. 

People that scan the code will be able to access 39 songs on the music streaming service Spotify, including hits from the 1960s selected by Japan Post.

It is the first time Japan Post has issued this kind of stamp with access to Music.

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Stamps with QR Code

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Embossed Gold Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - Embossed Gold Stamps

Japan 2011 World Stamp Exhibition - PhilaNippon Yokohoma Gold Stamps Miniature Sheet

Issue date 28 July 2011

The World Stamp Exhibition Philanippon 2011 ran from 28 July to 2 August 2011 in Yokohama Japan. Japan Post to commemorate this occasion has issued 2 special 24 K gold foiled embossed stamps on a miniature sheet - The Rabbit and Beans Design and the 48-Mon Ryumon Dragon Stamp.

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Embossed Gold Stamps

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Stamps printed on Special Paper - Update

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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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Stamps printed on Special Paper

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Stamps with Textured Rough Surface - Update

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Subcategory - Stamps with Textured Rough Surface.

Japan 2021 Sea Life Series No.5 Shark Sheet

 

Issue Date 01 July 2021

Japan Post as part of its Sea Life series has issued a special sheet of Stamps on sharks with a rough textured printing which feels the roughness of the Sharks Skin. It also has a special transparent printing which can be seen when the sheet is tilted at an angle.

See video below

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Stamps with Textured Rough Surface

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Odd Shaped Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - Odd shaped Stamps

Japan 2021 Lunar New Year Lottery Stamp

Issue date 20 January 2021

As part of the Annual Lottery by Japan Post, a minisheet with 2 round stamps were issued as a lottery prize as part of the Japanese Lunar New Year of the OX celebrations.

I do not usually collect odd shaped stamps as part of my unusual collection but I do mention these stamps in my blog if I happen to be sent one of these by my friends.

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Odd Shaped Stamps

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs - Update

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Subcategory - Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations

Japan 2020 Nengajyo Lottery  Lunar New Year Happy Lucky Rat Stamp Sheet

Issue date 20 Jan 2020

The 2020 Nengajyo (New Year Cards) lottery numbers will be announced on Sunday, January 20th 2020 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).

The stamps in the souvenir sheet features year of the Rat with Star shaped perforations on the sheet

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs

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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs - Update

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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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Stamps with Holes/Design Perforations/Cut Outs



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Stamps with Interactive Folds - Update

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Subcategory - Stamps with Interactive Folds

Japan 2018 Japanese Food Culture Series 4th Vol special edition

Issue date 24 October 2018

The 4th volume of Japanese Food culture features Japanese Season Sweets. With this edition, the sheet of sweets can be folded and books can be created from the stamp sheet. A second sheet with details of the sweet is also given in this set.

To see the video on how to make the books see below

To see the video on how to make the cover for the books see below

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Stamps with Interactive Folds


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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Japan 2018 Celestial Bodies Issue 1 with Holographic printing

Issue date 12 January 2018

Japan Post has issued a special sheet with self adhesive stamps with holographic printing on the stamp sheet. The stamps features the following celestial bodies - Horsehead Nebula, Orion Nebula, Hale-Bopp Comet, Sun,Mercury,Venus etc 

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3D - Holographic Stamps

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