1991 東京中央郵便局 特殊切手の騒ぎ Special Postal Stamp Fever 910701

[@tomhei1389]

記念切手に行列をつくることは今ではあまり見なくなったような気がします。そもそも、手紙がデジタル化してしまい、郵便で気持ちを伝えることがなくなって来ています。時代の変化を伝える貴重な動画ですね。

[@しゃあのんこ]

今年も良い動画をありがとうございました！良いお年を🙇

[@lylehsaxon]

ありがとうございます！ 来年も頑張ります！ 良いお年を！

[@themailneverfails2992]

Very very cool!!! thank you so much for sharing!

[@madokadayo1]

貴重な映像をいつもありがとうございます😊

[@jomt1013]

昔の人はメールも無い時代だし、切手を買って手紙を出したのかなぁ。 お札のデザインも違うし、自動釣銭機も無い時代かぁ。 貴重な映像ありがとうございます。

[@brandonhoefer6151]

That was fascinating, Happy New Year Mr. Saxon.

[@lylehsaxon]

Thank you! Happy New Year to you too! The usage of postage stamps has very drastically declined with the advent of e-mail. The special stamps were very popular back then.

[@eizi1218]

明けましておめでとうございます。 なにとぞご自愛され末永く続けてくださればと存じます。

[@lylehsaxon]

明けましておめでとうございます。ありがとうございます！ 頑張ります！

[@alessandrorossi1970]

Happy New Year !!! I can assure you that we also have the same situation in post offices and especially in banks, today in Italy post offices and banks have closed earlier because it is pre-holiday

[@lylehsaxon]

Happy New Year! It's changed a lot though - before e-mail, mail was paper with stamps and people bought a lot of stamps both to use and to collect. Now - even the time-honored tradition of sending out New Year's cards in Japan is declining. I don't think the post office issues many new types of stamps any more either, so this scene is a Time Machine View - not from now.....

[@alessandrorossi1970]

@@lylehsaxon Yes, the video was referring to a long time ago, but the thing that I believe will not change (at least in my country) will be all those people I saw in your video from that period that still today despite the internet and PC goes to offices as banks instead of doing the same things from home.

[@lylehsaxon]

@@alessandrorossi1970 I should look into this to give a more proper/accurate reply, but by my casual observations, usage of paper mail has really very drastically declined in Japan. Also, the number of bank branches has been steadily declining, with banks shutting down branches, so even if people in that area would prefer to go in person, that option is being removed. But apart from all of that, the distinguishing issue in this particular video is that - even in 1991 - most of those people (including myself) didn't need to be there. They were there to buy pretty stamps, many of which were only available at the central post office. They could have used stamps from their local branch, but they took the time out to make a special trip to the central post office to buy the special design stamps. Since people don't use stamps very often any more, certainly that aspect has very drastically changed (in Japan at least).

[@lylehsaxon]

@@alessandrorossi1970 It does look like the post office is still issuing interesting stamps... here are some from 2019: www.post.japanpost.jp/kitte_hagaki/stamp/furusato/kako/kitte_ichiran.html

[@lylehsaxon]

@@alessandrorossi1970 However, the "furusato" stamps may have been discontinue in 2014.... These tended to be the most interesting/attractive stamps and were often what people went to the central post office for.... www.post.japanpost.jp/kitte_hagaki/stamp/furusato/kako/kitte_ichiran.html

[@danielmark2754]

Happy new year

[@lylehsaxon]

Thanks! Happy New Year to you too!