KOREAN PHILATELIC SUBJECTS
One For The Record
It should not come as a surprise that a specialized stamp society such as the KSS has among its membership quite a few highly specialized members. However, it does sometimes feel as if the KSS has more of those specialized members than quite a few other stamp societies. It is of course purely anecdotal, but […]
The Halls of India: Christmas Seals pioneers and Christian leaders in the war against tuberculosis
Originated in Denmark, Christmas seals have become a universal symbol of the fight against tuberculosis. A story that includes an important chapter by Dr. Sherwood Hall, ‘19, and his wife, Dr. Marian Hall, the former Marian Bottomley, ’22. Going to Korea as medical missionaries in 1926, they established that country’s first tuberculosis sanatorium, for which […]
KOREAN PHILATELIC HISTORY
Gwendoline Post Office and it’s Unique Blue Cancellation
Gwendoline (은산-殷山) Post office was a simple postal branch which handled only postal matters of reception. Following are a few points regarding the office:
Foreign Advocates for Korean Independence
Korea Post will issue two stamps on 12 August, 2022 in what appears to be a new series called ‘Foreign Advocates of Korean Independence’. The date of issue is close to ‘Liberation Day’ (해방의 날, Haebang-ŭi nal), 15 August, the date in 1945 when Japan surrendered, thus both ending the Second World War and her […]
KOREAN PHILATELY MAGAZINE: ARTICLES
My Journey through Editorship of Korean Philately
I have been asked to share my journey to becoming Editor Emeritus of Korean Philately, and I’m happy to do so. I became a stamp collector at age 8 when living in London, Ontario, Canada. My cubmaster was a stamp collector and thought that I should become one, as well. He had a stamp album […]
The Lure and Lore of Korean Legend: Kongjwi Patjwi and Hare’s Liver
The first set of the five part Korean Fables series which will eventually comprize twenty different stamps and twenty souvenir sheets made its appearance on Sept. 1, 1969 with four stamps depicting scenes of “Kongjwi and Patjwi” a sort of Korean Cinderella legend.
KOREAN PHILATELY MAGAZINE: Q&A
More Unusual Bidding on eBay for Korean Empire Period Stamps
Recently there was a very unusual amount of bidding on group of Korean Empire stamps on eBay that had around nine different bidders with the winning bid at $1200. This set of stamps was brought to the attention of the Korea Stamp Society (KSS) by a reader of the website with three days left in […]
Taxe Perçue and North Korea: why use TP labels?
Sometime in 2021 Willem van der Bijl sent us these photos. Do you recognize these and know anything in particular about them? Such as period of usage etc. And do you perhaps own such items as well? I would love to see the TP labels you’ve got. Are they the same or are there more […]
PHILATELIC LITERATURE
Stamp collecting promotion posters from the 1980s and 1990s on NAK website
The South Korean government has been promoting the digitization of archives for several decades now. This is great for stamp collectors, as highly detailed information on South Korean postal and revenue stamps has come to light thanks to the efforts of South Korean archives. If you can read/write (type) Korean, a lot of information can […]
The original Korean album pages
In the last few issues of KP and on the KSS website we have shown examples of album pages made and/or used by KSS members. Here we show the original KSS album pages, the pages as produced and for years marketed in Korean Philately by our long-time member David Phillips.
Korea-related Philatelic News
Book with Korean philatelic references “Buddhism on stamps” published
In early January 2021 the book “Buddhism on Stamps” was released by the Indian philatelist Mr. Lokeswara Rao (retired Principal Chief Conservator of Forests in Nagaland, India). He spared no efforts in creating his book, as not only does the book come with an introduction by the current Chief Postmaster General, the book also contains […]
Interesting Korea related items in Corinphila and Vance auctions
Philatelic items directly related to Korea are relatively rare in (international) auctions. Of course, there are these “collections” with albums packed with North Korean stamps from the 1970s and 1980s or the usual South Korean flag sheets and such, but occasionally interesting items do show up. Here are a few examples from two different auction […]
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- Ivo Spanjersberg commented on The North Korean “Victory in the Korean War” withdrawn stamp set (KSC5173B-5173D): One of our (Board) members, Yong Sok Yi, sent us i
- Ivo Spanjersberg commented on Foreign Advocates for Korean Independence: KoreaPost has released the new issue leaflet. This
- YONG S YI commented on What Is This Stamp? (DPRK, 1949): According to Scott’s catalogue, 1955 to 1957, Nort
- Florian Eichhorn commented on Post cards commemorating the ROK 1955 Expo: Yes, the 1955 showed the "missing top pagoda" of f
- Ivo Spanjersberg commented on The special registration stamp and envelope (1961): A nice example of this type of envelope showed up
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