National Parks of Japan

From 1936 Japan started issuing stamps,commemorating the nations
national parks.The first series ran till 1956,a second series from 1962 till 1974.

Commemorating the Mt.Fuji (Fujiyama) - Hakone N.P.,this first set of the first series was issued on July 10th,1936.
The 6 and the 10 Sen had the lowest print-quantity of 250.000 each.
This set is the only one of the first series,what was not accompanied by
a souvenir sheet.
The set was sold only at the post-offices in the national park (!)

 

issued Dec.25th,1938
Stamps printed in sheets: 500.000 full sets
Souvenir sheets: 300.000
This sheet and all souvenir sheets of of the first series National Parks,were sold in a folder.
front page
The system does no show the inner pages,what describe the issue, here.
To see them,you have to open Japan 272A.
Buying s.s. accompanied by folders will cost an additional premium.
Expect dealers being reluctant to buy s.s. without folders.
In all folders of gummed s.s. there was a glassin-type leave to protect
the gum.

 

issued April 20th,1939
The printing quantities,compared to the previous set,were lowered considerably: 300.000 full sets and 200.000 s.s.
The folder:

All folders from now on are numbered with roman numbers.
To see the inner pages of the folder,pl. open Japan 276A.

 

issued Aug.15th,1939
again the printing quantities were lowered: 300.000 sets,but 60.000 s.s.



to see the inner pages of the folder,pl. open Japan 280A.jpg

 

issued April 20th,1940,again 300.000 sets were printed,
but 42.000 s.s.only,the lowest print-quantity of all N.P.-s.s.


to view the inner pages of the folder,pl.open Japan 292A