Postage stamps

Postage stamps can be seen as small works of fine art on mini canvasses. The National Printing Bureau uses gravure printing to reproduce subtle lines and rich shading for postage stamps with dynamic depth.

Japanese postage stamps (such as the stamps featuring a combination of gravure and intaglio printing, and stamps printed with two different images that appear alternately depending on the viewing angle) have gained a worldwide reputation for their integration of cutting-edge technologies and traditional skills.

• Japanese Architecture Series No. 1 special postage stamp collection produced by the National Printing Bureau using gravure-intaglio printing
• February 2 issuance of a new series of definitive postage stamps produced using the National Printing Bureau’s gravure printing technique


• National Printing Bureau intaglio print artwork commemorating Tokyo Station’s 100th anniversary