JAPAN

JAPAN / 日本.

Gunma Prefecture.
Oze Moor in autumn, and Mount Shibutsu.
Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 21.05.1998.
Face value: 80 Japanese yen.
Printing; Offset lithography.
Print: 15,900,000 copies.
Size: 26 x 36 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No.2560A.
- Sakura No, R244.
- Scott No. Z244.
- StampWorld No. 2605.
- Stanley Gibbons No. GUNM 5.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2444.

Oze Moor (尾瀬ヶ原) is a high altitude marshland in the Oze National Park. Approximately 8 km² (3.09 sq mi) in size, it is well known for the various species of plants, including the mizu-bashō (White Skunk Cabbage), Nikkōkisuge (yellow alpine lilies, Hemerocallis dumortieri var. esculenta) and Watasuge (Eriophorum vaginatum). It was declared Ramsar Wetland on November 8, 2005.

Mount Shibutsu (至仏山) is a serpentine mountain in the north-east of Gunma Prefecture. It is 2,228 m (7,310 ft). It is part of Oze National Park and the Minakami UNESCO Eco Park.

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Thanks to Dragan Buškulić for his contribution (https://worldofstamp2.wordpress.com/).