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Continuation of the Article on the South Korea Early Postcards of 1946 through 1953
An article on the basic introduction of the use of Japanese postcards through 1946 by South Korea, ended with the issuance of the South Korea’s first own design of a postcard with the unissued 1946 “Liberation” postcard , Korean Postage Stamp Catalogue (KPSC) UPC1; and with that postcard’s first surcharge of May 1, 1947, KPSC […]
The Korea 1958 Christmas/New Year and TB Seals
In 1958 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association would introduce the first multiple seals in the Christmas/TB seal series. There are two seals, each with a hand with a green sprout coming out of the hand. Other than the fact that there were two different seal images, there are few varieties of this seal known to […]
KOREAN PHILATELIC HISTORY
Continuation of the Article on the South Korea Early Postcards of 1946 through 1953
An article on the basic introduction of the use of Japanese postcards through 1946 by South Korea, ended with the issuance of the South Korea’s first own design of a postcard with the unissued 1946 “Liberation” postcard , Korean Postage Stamp Catalogue (KPSC) UPC1; and with that postcard’s first surcharge of May 1, 1947, KPSC […]
How to determine the cost of sending a telegram in a society with two different character sets?
A problem which is very uncommon in most parts of the world is the Korean question of what to do with the fact that Koreans could use either (Korean) hangul or (Chinese) hanja characters when sending a telegram? While they can convey exactly the same message in Korean, the two writing systems are completely different […]
KOREAN PHILATELY MAGAZINE: ARTICLES
I really liked the cute small sheets
I became interested in South Korean stamps in the 1960’s. I especially liked the cute small sheets that came with most of their stamps. I really liked the prices as most of the stamps cost 9-10 cents each and the sheets were 12-15 cents each. As my interest grew I wanted to get the earlier […]
The Imperfs, Double Printings and Two-Sided Printings of Korea 1946-1953 Stamps
From the first printed stamps in South Korea in 1946 after the WWII, up to around 1953, many of those issues can be found printed as imperforated stamps, double printed stamps and stamps printed on both sides. The stamps were issued by the US Military from 1946-1948. On August 15, 1948, the South Korean government […]
KOREAN PHILATELY MAGAZINE: Q&A
Chinese seal on North Korean 1950s cover?
During a 2022 stamp auction a cover showed up with a strange seal on the back of it. The cover was posted in North Korea in 1955, sent to what was at the time Czechoslovakia. The sender was probably a member of the NNSC or “Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission”, the committee which was supposed to […]
Are the Designs of North Korea’s (DPRK) Stamps commemorating the creation of the DPRK Flag and National Emblem based On a Painting?
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) issued its first set of stamps on September 19, 1948 commemorating the establishment of the DPRK on September 9, 1948, Scott 14-15. The Scott numbers for North Korea 1 -13 are for used for the Soviet occupation era. Since those stamps were issued, North Korea has issued stamps […]
PHILATELIC LITERATURE
Stamps, Nationalism and Political Transitions
The academic publishers Routledge has just published a new book edited by Prof. Stanley D. Brunn of the University of Kentucky on the subject of stamps as a source for documentary research on political trends, changes and transitions. Stanley Brunn, along with Jack Child and David Scott, has been among the leading Anglophone scholars to […]
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 […]
Korea-related Philatelic News
KSC5467-5474: Military Parade Held in Celebration of the 75th Founding Anniversary of the Korean People’s Army
(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 20 March 2023 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of stamps commemorating the “Military Parade Held in Celebration of the 75th Founding Anniversary of the Korean People’s Army”.
Interesting items showing up in recent stamp auctions
Once in a while we report on the KSS website on interesting items showing up in stamp auctions worldwide. Here are some of these items from the last few months from Cherrystone Auctions, Corinphila Veilingen, AAK Phila GmbH and Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner.
- Florian Eichhorn commented on Continuation of the Article on the South Korea Early Postcards of 1946 through 1953: Hi Bob, You wrote: "About a year later a 200 won r
- Florian Eichhorn commented on Interesting items showing up in recent stamp auctions: About fig. 1, fig. 2 These illustrated covers were
- Florian Eichhorn commented on Interesting items showing up in recent stamp auctions: Hi Tony, think it deciphers into "Ostasien" (East
- Robert (Bob) Finder commented on Interesting items showing up in recent stamp auctions: Hi Tony, excellent added information......thanks.
- Tony Michell commented on Interesting items showing up in recent stamp auctions: What was the SMS Geier doing in Chemulpo in 1904?
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