Between 1991 and 1995 a mini-sheet was issued each year in memory of the 50th anniversary of the Second World War from USA’s prospective. The mini-sheet from issued on September 2, 1995, had the motto “1945: Victory at last”. For one of the stamps, a design with an atomic bomb mushroom and the inscription “Atomic bombs hasten war's end, August 1945” was supposed to be issued, referring to the atomic bomb airdrops on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This design was protested by the Japanese government and peace movements. Nagasaki’s mayor referred to the inscription as “heartless". Other criticisms spoke of “insensitive.”

As a result, the stamp did not become realized with this design, but was replaced by a design with the Truman speech on the Japanese surrender. Other countries have also issued stamps on the atomic bomb airdrops (e.g. Belgium), but with a more “neutral” statement. In the aftermath, cinderellas with similar cliché as the original design, but with a different inscription, were printed. Four types exist

Four different variants of the cinderella

Victory at last mini-sheet

Stamp from Belgium (2000): First atom bomb