September 15, 2009 -

Many Society members follow the local Major League Baseball team just south of the border, and will find this story to be of interest. 

Recently Japan Post issued a press release announcing a special premium stamp set featuring Ichiro Suzuki and his accomplishment of 9 consecutive 200-hit seasons.

Post offices throughout Japan will be accepting pre-orders of the stamp until October 30th, with the stamps shipping sometime around the end of November. Each stamp set sheet includes 10 sticker-type 80yen stamps, 1 premium holder, and 9 post cards.

The stamp set will cost 3,980 yen. Buyers of the set will also be included in a special drawing (51 possible winners) for a slice of a bat Ichiro used in a game (not the bat with which he set the record).