Bear Samps and Postal Stationery from Japan

Bear Stamps from Japan

	Bear type - toy Year - 1980 Face value - 20y Description - Teddy bear holding envelope [from Letter Writing Day issue] Scott # - 1410 (from 1410-1411 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 1576 (from 1576-1577 set) Michel # - 1434 (from 1434-1435 set)
	Bear type - panda Year - 1982 Face value - 60y Description - Panda, elephants [from Uneo Zoo centenary issue] Scott # - 1487c (from 1487 strip of 4) Stanley Gibbons # - 1662 (from 1660-1663 set) Michel # - 1506 (from 1504-1507 set)
	Bear type - panda Year - 1988 Face value - 60y Description - Panda [from 10th anniversary Japan-China treaty issue] Scott # - 1805 (from 1804-1805 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 1961 (from 1960-1961 set) Michel # - 1802 (from 1801-1802 set)
Image needed!	Bear type - toy Year - 1995 Face value - 50y Description - Teddy bear (I think) dressed as a postman [from Letter Writing Day issue] Scott # - 2473 (from 2473-2474 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 2370 (from 2370-2371 set) Michel # - 2318 (from 2318-2319 set)
	Bear type - toy, panda Year - 1998 Face value - 80y Description - Toy panda, cat, gifts [from favorite songs issue] Scott # - 2649 (from 2648-2649 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 2559 (from 2558-2559 set) Michel # - 2608 (from 2607-2608 set)
Image needed!	Bear type - toy Year - 1999 Face value - 50y Description - Teddy bear sitting on a pencil [from Letter Writing Day issue] Scott # - 2683 (from 2782-2685 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 2599 (from 2598-2611 set) Michel # - 2721 (from 2720-2733 set)
Image needed!	Bear type - toy Year - 1999 Face value - 80y Description - Teddy bear, rabbit [from Letter Writing Day issue] Scott # - 2686e (from 2686 sheet of 10) Stanley Gibbons # - 2606 (from 2598-2611 set) Michel # - Block 181
	Bear type - panda Year - 2000 Face value - 80y Description - Panda [from 20th Century 1972-1974 sheet] Scott # - 2700e (from 2700 sheet of 10) Stanley Gibbons # - 2823 (from 2819-2828 set) Michel # - 3036 (from 3032-3041 set)
	Bear type - toy Year - 2000 Face value - 80y Description - Teddy bear, girl, hot air balloon [from International Balloon Festival (Saga) issue] Scott # - Z443 Stanley Gibbons # - need number Michel # - 3067A, 3067D, 3067E
	Bear type - panda Year - 2001 Face value - 50y Description - Pandas [from Kobe earthquake restoration (Hyogo) issue] Scott # - Z455 (from Z455-Z456 set) Stanley Gibbons # - (not numbered) Michel # - 3110 A
	Bear type - fictional Year - 2001 Face value - 80y Description - Bear (?) (top left of stamp) [from Japan Expo (Yamaguchi) issue] Scott # - Z485 (form Z484-Z485 set) Stanley Gibbons # - not listed ? Michel # - 3110A, 3110D and 3110E (from 3110-3111 set)
	Bear type - fictional Year - 2003 Face value - 50y Description - Bears with guitar, bird [from Letter Writing Day issue] Scott # - 2860 (from 2860-2863 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 3165-3178 set (not sure which) Michel # - 3557A and 3557D (from 3557-3570 set) WNS # - JP099.03
	Bear type - fictional Year - 2003 Face value - 50y Description - Bear with letter, bird (oval shape) [from Letter Writing Day issue] Scott # - 2864d (from 2864 sheet of 10) Stanley Gibbons # - 3165-3178 set (not sure which) Michel # - 3564 (from 3557-3570 set) WNS # - JP106.03
	Bear type - fictional Year - 2003 Face value - 50y Description - Bear with guitar, bird [from Letter Writing Day issue] Scott # - 2864L (souvenir sheet of 2) Stanley Gibbons # - 3165-3178 set (not sure which) Michel # - 3557A / Block 192 WNS # - not listed
	Bear type - toy Year - 2005 Face Value - 50y Description - Pink bear [from Greetings Stamps issue] Scott # - 2491c (from 2491 sheet of 5) Stanley Gibbons # - 3360 (from 3358-3367 set) Michel # - 3905 (from 3903-3912 set) WNS # - JP129.05
	Bear type - toy Year - 2005 Face Value - 50y Description - Teddy bear on the sheet margin [from Greetings Stamps issue] Scott # - 2491 sheet of 5 Stanley Gibbons # - not listed Michel # - 3903-3907 sheet/Folienblatt WNS # - JP131MS.05
	Bear type - polar, black Year - 2006 Face Value - 80y Description - Polar bear and black bear [from International Goodwill issue] Scott # - 2953 (from 2951-2955 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 3401 (from 3399-3403 set) Michel # - 3950 (from 3947-3951 set) WNS # - JP015.06
	Bear type - toy Year - 2006 Face Value - 250y total Description - Teddy bear and drum on sheet margin [from greetings stamps issue] Scott # - 2975 (sheet of 5) Stanley Gibbons # - 3501a (sheetlet of 5) Michel # - Folienblatt/sheet 4125-4129 WNS # - JP188MS.06
	Bear type - polar Year - 2006 Face Value - 50y Description - Polar bear skating [from greetings stamps issue] Scott # - 2975d (from 2975 sheet of 5) Stanley Gibbons # - 3499 (from 3496-3505 set) Michel # - 4128 (from 4125-4134 set) WNS # - JP187.06
	Bear type - polar Year - 2006 Face Value - 50y Description - Polar bear in a Santa Claus suit, guitar, birds [from greetings stamps issue] Note: The bear looks more brown then white, but his nose is white. I wasn't sure where to put this bear and I went with "polar" because that is what the Scott Catalog said the bear was. Scott # - 2975e (from 2975 sheet of 5) Stanley Gibbons # - 3500 (from 3496-3505 set) Michel # - 4129 (from 4125-4134 set) WNS # - JP188.06
	Bear type - brown Year - 2006 Face Value - 50y Description - Brown bear and cub (Hokkaido) [from animals / Hokkaido issue] Scott # - Z740 (from Z739-Z742 set) Stanley Gibbons # - mentioned but not numbered Michel # - 4026 (from 4025-4028 set) WNS # - JP092.06
	Bear type - brown Year - 2007 Face Value - 80y Description - Brown bear [from Shiretoko World Heritage Site issue] Scott # - 2983f (from 2983 sheet of 10) Stanley Gibbons # - 3587 (from 3582-3591 set) Michel # - 4277 (from 4272-4281 set) WNS # - JP133.07
	Bear type - fictional, toy Year - 2008 Face Value - 50y Description - Two bears kissing, box [from Greetings issue] Scott # - 3089d (from 3089 sheet of 5) Stanley Gibbons # - 3940 (from 3937-3946 set) Michel # - 4761 (from 4758-4767 set) WNS # - need number
	Bear type - toy Year - 2008 Face Value - 80y Description - Teddy bear in child's sack Scott # - 3090b (from 3090 sheet of 5) Stanley Gibbons # - 3943 (from 3937-3946 set) Michel # - 4764 (from 4758-4767 set) WNS # - JP291.08
	Bear type - polar Year - 2009 Face Value - 80y Description - Polar bear and cubs [from Preserve the Polar Regions and Glaciers issue] Scott # - 3125a (from 3125 sheet of 4) Stanley Gibbons # - MS 4116 Michel # - 4942 (from 4942-4945 set) WNS # - JP138.09
	Bear type - fictional, panda Year - 2010 Face Value - 80y Description - Shaomei (panda) [from Fullmetal Alchemist issue] Scott # - 3243e (from 3243 sheet of 10) Stanley Gibbons # - 4399 (from 4395-4404 set) Michel # - 5327 (from 5325-5334 set) WNS # - need number
	Bear type - polar Year - 2011 Face Value - 80y x 10 Description - Polar bear on sheet margin [from Travel Scenes - Hokkaido Summer Scenes issue] Scott # - 3333 sheet of 10 Stanley Gibbons # - 4668-4677 sheet of 10 Michel # - 5636-5645 kleinbogen WNS # - need number
	This was on the list but I later realized it's a puppy, not a bear. Sorry!
	Bear Type - toy, fictional, brown Year - 2011 Face Value - 90y Description - Bear, snowman and various animals on child's hat [from winter greetings issue] Scott # - 3387c (from 3387 sheet of 5) Stanley Gibbons # - need number Michel Catalog # - need number WNS # - need number
	Bear Type - toy, fictional, brown Year - 2012 Face Value - 50y Description - Bear and rabbit [from spring greetings issue] Scott # - need number Stanley Gibbons # - need number Michel Catalog # - need number WNS # - need number
	Bear Type - panda Year - 2012 Face Value - 80y Description - Panda (with mouth open) [from travel scenes #15 issue] Scott # - need number Stanley Gibbons # - need number Michel Catalog # - need number WNS # - need number
	Nation - Japan Bear Type - panda Year - 2012 Face Value - 80y Description - Panda (facing left) [from travel scenes #15 issue] Scott # - need number Stanley Gibbons # - need number Michel Catalog # - need number WNS # - need number

Personalized Frame Stamps Note: there appear to be many bear stamps from Japan which aren't appearing in the catalogs. As far as I can tell these are "personalized" Frame Stamps that are issued by the prefectures and/or other entities. Since they are not catalog listed (so far) and there are so many of them, for now at least I will not list them on the site or on the printable lists. A sample image is below.

Teddy bear made of snow [for the Sapporo Snow Festival issue]

Cancellations

	Where: Japan Date: February 10, 2007 through February 12, 2007 Description: Rabbit possibly holding a teddy bear [cancel for the Exhibition of Dutch Picture Book Illustrators]
	Where: Toshima, Tokyo Date: February 17, 2007 through February 18, 2007 Description: Polar bear, penguin [for Arctic/Antarctic Stamp Museum Exhibition]
	Where: Shinjuko-ku, Tokyo Date: October 20, 2007 through October 21, 2007 Description: (Bear?), building [for 125th anniversary of the founding of Waseda University]
	Where: Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture Date: August 14, 2008 through August 18, 2008 Description: Panda
	Where: Japan Date: 2009 Description: Panda, statue, building [for Tokyo Ueno Zoo]
	Where: Kobe, Hyogo Date: 2009 Description: Panda [for the Kobe Festival]

Postal Stationery

Image needed!	Bear type - (unsure, need to see a picture) Year - 1958 Catalog Number - Face Value - 40y Description - Bear with balloons Stationery Type - postal card
Image needed!	Bear type - (unsure, need to see a picture) Year - 1960 Catalog Number - Face Value - 40y Description - Bear behind a machine Stationery Type - postal card
Image needed!	Bear type - (unsure, need to see a picture) Year - 1961 Catalog Number - Face Value - 40y Description - Bears behind a machine Stationery Type - postal card
	Bear type - fictional Year - 1993 Catalog Number - need number Face Value - 50y Description - Bear (?) mascot [from Sanfrecce Hiroshima Professional Football League issue] Stationery Type - postal card
Need image	Bear Type - toy Year - 1998 Face Value - 50y Catalog Number - Sakura HC 14 Description - Teddy bear on stamp design Stationary Type - postal card
	Bear Type - toy Year - 2008 Face Value - 50y Catalog Number - need number Description - Teddy bear "island", water, sunlight, text "Are you happy now?" [I think this is an advertising card but am not sure yet] Stationery Type - postal card
	Bear Type - fictional Year - 2008 Face Value - 50y Catalog Number - Sakura NC135 Description - Winnie the Pooh on stamp design [from 2009 New Year's issue] Stationary Type - postal card
	Bear Type - fictional Year - 2008 Face Value - 50y Catalog Number - Sakura NC136 Description - Winnie the Pooh on stamp design (local issue card) [from 2009 New Year's issue] Stationary Type - postal card
	Bear Type - fictional Year - 2009 Face Value - 50y Catalog Number - need number Description - Winnie the Pooh on stamp design [from 2010 New Years Cards issue] Stationery Type - postal card
	Bear Type - fictional Year - 2009 Face Value - 50y Catalog Number - need number Description - Winnie the Pooh and Tigger on stamp design [from 2010 New Years Cards issue] Stationery Type - postal card
	Bear Type - fictional Year - 2010 Face Value - 50y Catalog Number - need number Description - Winnie the Pooh on stamp design [from 2011 New Years Cards issue] Stationary Type - postal card
	Bear Type - fictional Year - 2010 Face Value - 50y Catalog Number - need number Description - Winnie the Pooh on stamp design [from 2011 New Years Cards issue] Stationary Type - postal card
	Bear Type - fictional Year - 2010 Face Value - 50y Catalog Number - need number Description - Winnie the Pooh on stamp design, scented paper, issued at local offices in Japan [New Years Cards issue] Stationary Type - postal card
	Bear Type - polar Year - 2011 Face Value - 50y Catalog Number - need number Description - Two polar bears [from prevention of global warming / summer postcard #23 issue] Stationary Type - postal card
	Bear Type - fictional Year - 2011 Face Value - 50y Catalog Number - need number Description - Winnie the Pooh and Piglet on stamp design [from 2012 New Years Cards issue] Stationary Type - postal card
	Bear Type - fictional Year - 2011 Face Value - 50y Catalog Number - need number Description - Winnie the Pooh, Piglet and a heart on stamp design [from 2012 New Years Cards issue] Stationary Type - postal card