春雨逍遙

in idleness

cancelled stamps

While I was looking for postage stamps for this year's International letter-writing week, I noticed that the stamps for the 76th National Sports Festival have been canceled. This year's host would be Mie Prefecture, and I wonder if they are disappointed or relieved that the event will not be held at the Corona disaster?

I've heard of a strange cold that has been going around since the end of 2019, and this disturbance began at the beginning of 2020 has been clawing its way around the world is I suppose wartime in a way we've never experienced before. When will I be able to go to places I thought I could always go to without worrying as much as I used to or never?

In the future, let's say a hundred years from now, if mankind is still alive, how will this fiasco be recorded in history books?

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Stamps of...

International letter-writing week, 2021 : https://www.post.japanpost.jp/kitte/collection/archive/2021/1008_01/

P.S.
This year, in order to express the exchange between French and Japanese postal services, Japan Post is issuing a joint stamp with La Poste (France Post) on International letter-writing week, 2021. ​The French mailbox stamps are the original drawings created by La Poste.


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The 76th National Sports Festival (cancelled): https://www.post.japanpost.jp/kitte/collection/archive/2021/0903_01/