JAPAN

JAPAN / 日本.

Noto Hantō Quasi-National Park (能登半島国定公園).
First of a set of 2, issued on 01.08.1970.
Face value: 15 Japanese yen.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 20,000,000 copies.
Size: 36 x 26 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 1085.
- Sakura No. P242.
- Scott No. 1039.
- StampWorld No. 1075.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1211.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 987.

Noto Hantō Quasi-National Park (能登半島国定公園) covers a portion of Noto Peninsula, in Ishikawa and Toyama Prefectures, into the Chūbu region (Honshu Island). Noto Peninsula (能登半島), extends about 100 kilometers into the Sea of Japan. The park was established on May 1, 1968, and its area is 96.72 km² (37.34 sq mi). On the stamp you can see, in the background, the Tateyama Mountain Range (立山連峰).