Japanese New Year's Card Lottery

Instead of sending Christmas cards, the Japanese send New Year's cards. They are called Nengajo. These cards are often personalized with art or photographs by the sender. They are the size of postcards. The Japanese postal service is supposed to deliver them on New Year's day. At the lower right of the front of each card is a six-digit number for a chance in the postal service lottery. The numbers are drawn in mid-January. There are four levels of prize. The top prize includes a choice of a trip to Hawaii, an HD TV, a domestic trip, etc. There are only three of these prizes awarded. The lowest level prize is a set of two special postage stamps for the zodiac sign of the new year. This is the year of the rabbit. Many thousands of these prizes are awarded.

I received three Nengajo this year. One had a winning number for the lowest level prize: