First Day Cover, Tokyo 1970

Item

Code
WSI_0285
Title
First Day Cover, Tokyo 1970
Description
A First Day Cover issued to mark the 1970 competition in Chiba, near Tokyo, Japan. This was the first time the competition had been held in Japan and Asia. The envelope is affixed with a 15-Yen stamp of a silhouetted competitor inside the IVTO logo.
The postmark, dated 45. 11. 10. is a sketch of the venue, the Budokan Arena. The last two numbers refer to the month and day of the competition, 45 is the year under the Japanese nengo system, which begins anew under each emperor. In this instance, this is the 45th year of Emperor Hirohito, also known as the Showa era.
The envelope is notable for an engraved metallic plate featuring the same design as the stamp.
Inside is a slip of paper printed with details of the competition in English and Japanese, the printing process, and the name of the stamp's designer, Miss Midori Masumi. Twenty-one million stamps went into circulation.
Item name
Envelope See all items with this value
Condition
Good
Source-name
WorldSkills International
Location
WorldSkills Museum - Shanghai
Event-type
Competition event
Event-range
Worldwide
Event-city
Tokyo
Event-country
JP-Japan See all items with this value
Format
Physical
Dimensions-height (cm)
9.5
Language-text
English
Japanese
Included in
WorlSkills Museum: physical See all items with this value
Item sets
Document
Media
WSI_0285_01.pdf