JAPAN

JAPAN / 日本.

Antarctic Expedition.
Map of Antactica, Aurora Australis and ship.
Stamp issued on 20.11.1965.
Face value: 10 Japanese yen.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 25,500,000 copies.
Size: 36 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 905.
- Sakura No. C439.
- Scott No. 857.
- StampWorld No. 895.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1017.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 819.

The first Japanese expedition to Antarctica took place in 1956, in the context of the International Geophysical Year research program implemented from July 1957 to December 1958. The one in 1965, which departed on November 20 aboard the observation ship Fuji, equipped with the most modern technology of the moment, was the seventh expedition. Since then, continuous monitoring observation programs have been used to obtain basic data and samples that are indispensable for academic research and are carried out over long periods, often as part of an international monitoring network.