Japan year 1948 3rd National Athletic Meet stamps set

Japan year 1948 3rd National Athletic Meet stamps set

The 1948 Japanese stamps you are referring to commemorate the 3rd National Athletic Meet, which was a major sporting event held in Japan after World War II.
Here are some key details about this stamp issue:

It consisted of two stamps – a 4 yen green and an 8 yen red stamp issued on June 20, 1948.
The 4 yen stamp design features a runner with the English words “3rd National Athletic Meet” at the top.
The 8 yen stamp shows a baseball pitcher throwing, also with the English inscription identifying the event.
These were the first Japanese stamps issued after WWII to feature sports themes and promote a domestic sporting event.
The National Athletic Meet was an important symbol of recovery and national unity through sports after the devastation of the war.
The simple yet bold designs highlighted the running and baseball events that were part of the athletic competitions.

While relatively humble designs, these two 1948 stamps are significant philatelic items representing the resumption of sporting events and nationalism expressed through sports in post-war Japan.
They are affordable stamps that are popular with Japanese philatelists as well as topical collectors interested in sports on stamps. The stamps also have variants that can interest specialists.
Overall, this set captured an important early event in Japan’s sporting rebirth after WWII through the National Athletic Meet celebrations depicted on the stamps.