Starting from 1998, the definitive postal stamps with topic "The nature of Japan" have been reviewed to ensure design consistency for the first time in 17 years.
In 2014-2015, the "New nature of Japan" definitive stamps were issued with
- 2-yen to 50-yen stamps depicting "animals and small creatures",
- 52-yen to 140-yen stamps depicting "blossoms and flower petals",
- 205-yen to 1000-yen stamps depicting "landscapes", and
- the 1-yen stamp continues to depict Hisoka Maejima, the founder of modern postal system in Japan.
This extremely rare, beautiful and top-notch quality booklet have a complete set of new definitive stamps, from
- 1st series, issued in March 3, 2014, including Scott 3647-3653,
- 2nd series, issued in February 2, 2015, including Scott 3788 to 3798, and 2 special souvernir sheets which not to be sold separately from this booklet, that is Scott 3789a (perforate 2-yen "Hokkaido Ezo mountain hare", Scott 3648 & 3-yen "Hokkaido Ezo chipmunk", Scott 3789 stamps) and Scott 3799b (imperforate 1000-yen "Matsu-kata-zu" Hawks & Pines, Scott 2485a & 1000-yen "Fuji-zu" Mount Fuji, Scott 3799a).
All the stamps are safely housed in clear mounts, MNH, with detailed English description. Two special souvenirs were printed with limited serial numbers.
Scott 2019 catalog values (stamps only, not include booklet):
3647-3653: USD 20.25
3788-3798 S/S 3789a S/S 3799b: USD 77.95