Country Japan Ships Page 2
Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use
the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.
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Syowa Station |
Note: Showa Station, also sometimes spelled Syowa, is a Japanese permanent research station on East Ongul Island in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
Built in 1957, Showa Station is named for the era in the Japanese calendar during which it was established, the Shōwa period.
Cover requested by Elgin Sink
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JARE 58 cachet |
58th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-58) 2016-2018. Cover requested by Elgin Sink
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Shirase 5003 postmark |
Shirase (しらせ) is a Japanese icebreaker operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Japan's fourth icebreaker for Antarctic expeditions. She inherited her name from her predecessor. She was launched in April 2008 and commissioned in May 2009 with the hull number AGB-5003.
Due to a JMSDF internal naming rule, an icebreaker must take its name from a place. Accordingly, Shirase is said to take its name from Shirase Glacier. This glacier bears the family name of Lieutenant Nobu Shirase, a Japanese pioneer of Antarctic exploration.
Cover requested by Elgin Sink
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