Gallery 10: First Day Postal Covers

First day cover, cancels and woodblock printed artwork. Unidentified Artist. 1958 15.9 x 8.9 cm

First day cover, cancels and woodblock printed artwork. Unidentified Artist. 1958 15.9 x 8.9 cm

First Day Covers are postage stamps on covers, postcards, or stamped envelopes associated with the first day that the stamp was authorized for use. The envelopes of first day covers usually have additional artwork, some of which is produced using the woodblock printing technique. Frequently the artwork was designed by the artist of the stamp, but it can also be commissioned by a separate artist.

 
DodoitsuPublished by Yusei Kosaikai (Postal Employee's Benefit Association). 1959.

Dodoitsu

Published by Yusei Kosaikai (Postal Employee's Benefit Association). 1959.

 
DodoitsuTwelfth International Congress for Bird Preservation. 1960

Dodoitsu

Twelfth International Congress for Bird Preservation. 1960

 
National Tree Planting. 1949

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

National Tree Planting. 1949

Mt.Hodaka. 1949. (note: Addressee blocked in this scan)

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Mt.Hodaka. 1949. (note: Addressee blocked in this scan)

 
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)All Japan Boy Scouts Jamboree. 1949

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

All Japan Boy Scouts Jamboree. 1949

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Issued for the 4th National Athletic Meeting, 1949. 4.3 x 8.3 cm. Note: Addressee blocked in this scan.

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Issued for the 4th National Athletic Meeting, 1949. Note: Addressee blocked in this scan.

 
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Beppu Spa. 1949

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Beppu Spa. 1949

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Beppu Spa. 1949

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Beppu Spa. 1949

 

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Nagano Communications Exhibition. 1948. 20.2 x 10.6 cm

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Children’s Day. 16.6 x 9.3 cm

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Children’s Day. 1949. 16.6 x 9.3 cm

 

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Meteorological Observatory FDC. 1949. 16.5 x 9.2 cm

Byodoin Temple FDC. 1950. 16.5 x 9.4 cm

 
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Kintai Bridge. Folder for New Issued Stamps of Japan .1946

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Kintai Bridge. Folder for New Issued Stamps of Japan .1946

 
Kimura MasaruDeer. 1960

Kimura Masaru

Deer. 1960

Kimura MasaruBandai-Asahi National Park. 1963. Note: Addressee blocked in this scan.

Kimura Masaru

Bandai-Asahi National Park. 1963. Note: Addressee blocked in this scan.

 
Otsuka HitoshiCormorants. 1960

Otsuka Hitoshi

Cormorants. 1960

Shunsen Natori (1986-1960)Noh Actor for New Year Stamp 1952.

Shunsen Natori (1986-1960)

Noh Actor for New Year Stamp 1952.

 
Unidentified Artist1958

Unidentified Artist

1958

Unidentified ArtistBuddhism 2500th Anniversary. Asian Culture Conference Fukeisha Japan 1959.

Unidentified Artist

Buddhism 2500th Anniversary. Asian Culture Conference Fukeisha Japan 1959.

 
Unidentified ArtistAichi Irrigation. 1961

Unidentified Artist

Aichi Irrigation. 1961

Unidentified ArtistByōdō-in. 1959

Unidentified Artist

Byōdō-in. 1959

 

The Images are scenes from Japan’s National and Quasi-National parks which were printed in the 1950s and 1960s.

Unidentified ArtistQuasi-National Park Biwa 1961

Unidentified Artist

Quasi-National Park Biwa 1961

 
Unidentified ArtistKinkowan Quasi-National Park. 1962

Unidentified Artist

Kinkowan Quasi-National Park. 1962

Unidentified ArtistGenkai Quasi-National Park. 1963

Unidentified Artist

Genkai Quasi-National Park. 1963

 
Unidentified ArtistKongō-Ikoma Quasi-National Park. 1962

Unidentified Artist

Kongō-Ikoma Quasi-National Park. 1962

Unidentified Artist

Sanin Kaigan Quasi-National Park. 1961

 
Unidentified ArtistIzu 7 Islands Quasi-National Park. 1963

Unidentified Artist

Izu 7 Islands Quasi-National Park. 1963

Unidentified ArtistWakasawan Quasi-National Park. 1964

Unidentified Artist

Wakasawan Quasi-National Park. 1964