1st stamp variation.
Obverse
大日本國防婦人會関西本部 - Greater Japan National Defense Women's Association Kansai Headquarters
reverse
名譽員會 - Honorary Member of Association
Marked
赤銅製金張 - Gold-plated Red Copper /made in gilded hakudo (gold-copper alloy with a blue patina)/
千古堂造 - Made by Senkodo...
The Association grew out of the Osaka National Defense Women's Association, which was formed in 1932 to give send offs to troops to Manchuria, and to welcome them on their return. Its slogan was "National Defense Starts in the Kitchen," featuring a woman wearing a cook's apron, with a cord tying...