Japanese stamps celebrating 150 years of relations with Austria, Hungary, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium and Italy

7 comments

1. Pigs, strawberries, carrots and radishes?
   That is not common dinner combination in Denmark.

2. https://imgflip.com/i/7ziyqe

3. I wonder why they won’t commemorate their relation with Germany /s

4. Other European countries for which Japan has issued similar series:

   * [Finland](https://i.colnect.net/b/6035/637/Scenes-of-Life-in-Finland.jpg)
   * [Germany](https://i.colnect.net/b/4426/583/150th-Anniversary-of-Diplomatic-Relations-with-Germany.jpg)
   * [Portugal](https://i.colnect.net/b/8292/738/150th-Anniversary-of-Diplomatic-Relations-with-Portugal.jpg)
   * [Switzerland](https://i.colnect.net/b/19404/165/150th-Anniversary-of-Diplomatic-Relations-with-Switzerland.jpg)
   * [Spain](https://i.colnect.net/b/19894/494/400th-Anniversary-of-Diplomatic-Relations-with-Spain.jpg).

5. Not that I dislike the others, but I do feel like Belgium and Italy got the better treatment here.

6. They’re really lovely!

7. A bit sad that the Kingdom of Norway was under the boot of the Swedish when relations with Japan was established.

   Foreign affairs was the only aspect of the personal union between the kingdoms of Norway and Sweden (1814-1905), apart from sharing a monarch with Sweden, that made Norway not strictly an independent country.