Japan 1952 – Southern Cross and the
Plough
Two stamps commemorating the 75th
anniversary of Japan’s membership of the Universal Postal
Union (UPU) depict the most distinctive star patterns in both
the southern and northern hemispheres. The 5-yen stamp shows an
idealized Southern Cross above the davits of a ship,
representing sea mail, while on the 10-yen stamp the seven
stars of the Plough fills the sky over the northern hemisphere
of the Earth, with Japan itself at lower left.
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