24 March 2011

TAMA INTERCITY MONORAIL 1998

Monorail history has been made in Japan. On November 27th of 1998 officials cut ribbon for the first section of the Tama Monorail. The new monorail was 5.4 kilometers long.




Tama Intercity Monorail is one of the means of transportation from south to north in the Tama area in Tokyo, where about 3,800,000 people are living. The stamp illustrates a Hitachi Type 1000 monorail train on its way to Tachikawa-Kita Station.
Picture borrowed from The Monorail Society
Here is a link if you are interested in seeing a set of real pictures made by somebody who was visiting Japan: http://www.monorails.org/tmspages/Tamanew2.html
Please comment if you have further information or sugestions.



Title: TAMA INTERCITY MONORAIL
Date of Issue: 26 November 1998
Country: Japan
Denominations: 80 yen
Source: www.yushu.or.jp 

4 comments:

  1. This is a prefectural issue (one can tell by the stylized font of the characters 日本郵便), which are only available for purchase within the featured prefecture (Tokyo, in this case) - maybe also from the Japan Post website - but valid for postage throughout Japan.

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  3. Hello Andreea. My name's Son. I'm living in VietNam. Can I exchange or buy stamp from you. My mail: nguyenson_bt424@yahoo.com

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  4. Hello Son, I have sent you an EMail. Thank you for passing by.

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