NIPPON POST on 1 June 1937 issued three semi-stamps depicting the Nakajima-Douglas DC-2. These were released during "Air Patriotic Week" as a donation stamp called "Air Patriotic Stamp". Patriotic stamps were issued to collect part of the costs through donations in order to advance the maintenance of airports in Japan. To collect donations, 23.58 million copies were issued for 2 sen, 6.94 million for 3 sen, and 20.14 million for 4 sen. The Douglas DC-2 was shown flying above the Japanese Alps. The postmark cancellation on this postcard originated from the Rumoi station in Hokkaido.
The three types of stamps included:
2 sen Red)
3 sen (Navy Blue)
4 sen (Green)
After Nakajima Hikoki acquired a production license in 1935 of the Douglas DC-2, he later obtained the license to build the DC-3 model for $90,000 in February 1938. Previously, the Great Northern Airways and the Far East Fur Trading Company had purchased 22 DC-3s from 1937–1939. This total consisted of 13 Cyclone powered DC-3s and nine Twin Wasp powered DC-3As, two of which were delivered un-assembled and assigned to a relatively new concern, Shōwa Aircraft.
During WWII the Shōwa L2D and Nakajima L2D, given the designations Shōwa Navy Type 0 Transport and Nakajima Navy Type 0 Transport, were license-built versions of the Douglas DC-3. The L2D series, numerically, was the most important Japanese transport in World War II. The L2D was given the Allied code name Tabby.
Source: Wikipedia and www.muuseo.com/showa_express
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