Postage stamps for new Hokuriku Shinkansen Line

Postage stamps for new Hokuriku Shinkansen Line

TOKYO, Japan - Photo released by Japan Post Co. shows a sheet of 82-yen postage stamps marking the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line from Nagano to Kanazawa in central Japan, ahead of their sale from March 13, 2015, on the eve of the start of the new bullet train service.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001213103
  • Registered date
  • 2015/1/14 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2015 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 2240 × 985 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 498.61(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

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