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[SHIRASE, Nobu (1861-1946)]. Kitte Zuan Choukin: Shirase Chui Nankyoku Tanken 50 Shunen Kinen [in English: Postal Stamp Design Metal Engraving 50th Anniversary of Japan’s First Antarctic Expedition]. Tokyo(?): Japanese Government, 29 November 1960.
12mo (178 x 121 mm). Text in both Japanese and English, printed on rice paper and tipped-in. Original postal stamp (10 yen), first day issue postmark and a polished metal engraving of the stamp designed by Minoru Hisano that depicts a portrait of Shirase and a map of the Antarctic continent facing opposite text. Original printed wrappers with deckled edges. A limited publication commemorating Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition on the 50th Anniversary of Japan’s first Antarctic expedition. Ross 4.4 (“Scarce”).