Nippon Post G7 Hiroshima Summit 2023

NIPPON POST on 10 May 2023 issued a set of five First Day Cover (FDC) stamps marking the G7 Hiroshima Summit. The stamp shown on this maxim card depicts the Atomic Bomb Dome. It was designed by Akira Tamaki. This 84 yen stamp was printed using a six-colour offset method. 500,000 sheets were printed. The FDC postmark cancellation originated from Tokyo Central Post Office. This particular Hiroshima maxicard was cancelled on 21 September, known as World Peace Day, with a "fukei-in" showing a peace dove. There were other postmark variations.

This maxim card was made from "Senbazuru", a string of a thousand paper cranes, which is folded with a prayer for peace. A part of the proceeds collected from this product was donated to Peace Promotion Division in Hiroshima City.

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Hiroshima Heiwa Kinenhi), originally the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, and now commonly called the Genbaku Dome, Atomic Bomb Dome or A-Bomb Dome, (Genbaku Dōmu), is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

The building was the only structure that remained standing in the area around the atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the end of World War II. The ruin of the hall serves as a memorial to the over 140,000 people who were killed in the bombing. It is permanently kept in a state of preserved ruin as a reminder of the destructive effects of nuclear warfare.

Source: Wikipedia