Nippon Post 50th Anniversary of Aviation in Japan - 1960
NIPPON POST on 20 September 1960 issued a First Day Cover stamp commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Aviation in Japan. A 10¥ (Yen) stamp depicted a Farman biplane & jet airline in blue and black (grey and red brown). It was designed by Minoru Hisano and retouched by Katsura Nakajima. A photogravure printing method was used to produce 8,000,000 copies. The Ministry of Finance printed the stamp.
On 19 December 1910, Captain Yoshitoshi Tokugawa succeeded in flying a Farman plane at Yoyogi, Tokyo, by himself, with no foreign help. So did Captain Kamazo Hino, on the same day. This occurred 7 years after the success of the Wright brothers first flight.
On 19 December 1910, Captain Yoshitoshi Tokugawa succeeded in flying a Farman plane at Yoyogi, Tokyo, by himself, with no foreign help. So did Captain Kamazo Hino, on the same day. This occurred 7 years after the success of the Wright brothers first flight.
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