Internet Expo postage stamps to be issued

Internet Expo postage stamps to be issued

TOKYO, Japan - The Posts & Telecommunications Ministry will issue this new postage stamp Jan. 5 in commemoration of a government-sponsored Internet Exposition, due to begin Dec. 31 for a 12-month run.

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