Use of the Imperial Chrysanthemum Crest Abolished and Designs With a Wartime Theme Prohibited
After the end of the war in 1945, Japan's establishments began to embrace democracy and peace. In 194.. Read more »7 the Allied Forces general headquarters abolished the twenty-five types of stamps with militaristic designs and which were still in use at the time. A competition for a design appropriate for the new post-war era of peace was held. A stamp with the winning design was issued as part of a new group which became known as the 'New-Showa stamps.'
At this time, the characters for "Japanese Empire Post" were replaced by the characters for "Japan Post" and in 1948, use of the imperial chrysanthemum crest on stamps was abolished. From this time on, the characters appearing on the stamp were arranged in order from left to right, opposite to the previous order of the characters.
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