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Year of issue 2002 (July to Aug)

Letter Writing Day, Date of issue 23rd July 2002

Letter Writing Day, Date of issue 23rd July 2002

One side Imperf

One side Imperf

World Heritage - Temples and Statues in the Ancient Capital of Nara, Date of issue 23rd July 2002

Standing Thousand-Armed Kannon (Senju Kannon) statue

Heijo Palace Site – Suzaku Gate

12th World Congress of Psychiatry, Date of issue 1st August 2002

World Wheelchair Basketball Championships, Date of issue 9th August 2002

50th Anniversary of Civil Aviation in Japan, Date of issue 6th September 2002

30th Anniversary of the Normalisation of Japan-China Relations, Date of issue 13th September 2002

World Heritage - Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama, Date of issue 20th September 2002

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Year of issue 2002 (April to June)

Japan and South Asia in the 21st Century - Diplomatic Relations, Date of issue 12th April 2002

Taj Mahal

Priest-King sculpture from the Indus Valley Civilization (Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan)

Sigiriya frescoes (Sri Lanka)

Mahasthangarh archaeological site (Bangladesh)

Philately Week - Year of the Horse, Date of issue 19th April 2002

Prefectural Stamps - Hokkaido - Flowers, Date of issue 25th April 2002

Prefectural Stamps - Yamaguchi, Date of issue 25th April 2002

54th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), Japan

Prefectural Stamps - Niigata - Flowers of Echigo, Date of issue 1st May 2002

Camellia sp.

50th Anniversary of the Japan-US Fulbright Exchange Programme, Date of issue 8th May 2002

30th Anniversary of the Reversion of Okinawa to Japan, Date of issue 15th May 2002

Football World Cup - South Korea and Japan, Date of issue 24th May 2002

World Heritage - Temples and Statues in the Ancient Capital of Nara, Date of issue 21st June 2002

Nandaimon (Great South Gate) of Todai-ji Temple in Nara

Four Heavenly Kings (Shitenno)

Early 8th-century Nara-period Buddhist architecture

Kofuku-ji Temple

Kofuku-ji Ashura Statue

Kofuku-ji Buddha Head

Prefectural Stamps - Fukushima, a, Date of issue 28th June 2002

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Year of issue 2002 (Jan to March)

50th Anniversary of Legal Aid System, Date of issue 24th January 2002

Prefectural Stamps - Hokkaido, Date of issue 5th February 2002

Pteromys volans

30th Anniversary of Establishing Diplomatic Relations Between Japan and Mongolia, Date of issue 15th February 2002

World Heritage - Temples in Kyoto, Date of issue 22nd February 2002

Jishoji Temple - Silver pavilion

Ryoanji Temple - Zen rock garde

Honganji Temple

50th Anniversary of Japan Lions, Date of issue 1st March 2002

Prefectural Stamps - Nagasaki - Glover's Garden Scenery, Date of issue 1st March 2002

2002 World Figure Skating Championships, Date of issue 8th March 2002

Prefectural Stamps - Ehime, Tokushima, Kochi and Kagawa - Fruits, Date of issue 20th March 2002

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