Japan 2010 Hello Kitty and Expo 2010 Shanghai

• Issue date: 6th May 2010
• eleven values in a two self-adhesive sheetlets of ten stamps
• Designed by: Nakamara Hitomi, after Yuko Shimizu
• Printed by:
• Print process: lithography
• 50-yen sheetlet format height 187mm x width 67mm
• 80y sheetlet format height 187mm x width 127mm
• Perforations: die cut 13.5 x 13.5 (50y stamps) or die cut 12.4 x 12.4 (80y stamps)

Kitty in Japan, and Kitty visits Shanghai

sheetlet of ten 50y stamps with 6 different designs

sheetlet of ten 80y stamps with 5 different designs

Sheetlet: 50y x 2 ~ Kitty and the star constellation Draco, fitting form of blue dragon; 50y x 2 ~ Kitty as Nihon Buyo dancer, and Mt Fuji; 50y x 2 ~ Kitty in Tai Chi costume with yellow fan and peonies; 50y x 2 ~ Kitty and origami cranes (birds); 50y ~ Kitty amid peony flowers and two butterflies (heart-shaped stamp); 50y ~ Kitty in traditional Japanese costume |-
Sheetlet: 80y x 2 ~ Kitty and plum blossom (heart-shaped stamp); 80y x 2 ~ Kitty and the skyline of Pudong, China; 80y x 2 ~ Kitty and peony flowers (circular stamp); 80y x 2 ~ Kitty visis Yu Yuan Gardens, Shanghai; 80y x 2 ~ Kitty and a tiger