Korea Stamp Society

In 2001 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA)’s Christmas and New Year/TB seal program, following the tradition of promoting awareness and raising funds for the fight against tuberculosis, issued two different small sheets of ten seals, in a souvenir sheet format, plus a larger sheet of twenty seals.

On August 7, 2026 an article on the South Korea 1998 Christmas seal (Korean Postage Stamp Catalogue (KPSC) TCS 408-417 and TCS 418-427) was published on the website. Since then, the author has obtained the folder that the two sheets were placed in for some orders. In addition, we have been doing more translations of […]

After the Imo Soldiers’ Riot (임오군란, 1882), the “Regulations for Maritime and Overland Trade Between Korean and Chinese Merchants” (조청상민수륙무역장정, 商民水陸貿易章程, October 1882) were concluded, which significantly increased China’s economic influence. Following this, the Gapsin Coup (갑신정변, 1884) created political turmoil in Joseon, while Chinese interference in domestic affairs intensified further. Having lost political influence […]

As an example of a postal rate that is difficult to explain, this April 1950 cover should come as no surprise to collectors of North Korean postal history. What makes it special, is the rate, 20 won. This is the highest pre-Korean War franking that I have recorded in nearly 20 years of specialising in […]

A collection of South Korean stamps formed by Robert C. Jones (1915-1999), one of the most active members of the Korea Stamp Society during its early decades, will be offered by Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions in August 2026. The collection appears as Lot 1513 in Kelleher Sale 851, Collections, Stocks & Accumulations of the World. […]

As many collector get older (the author is 79 years old) many, if not most, philatelic collectors realize that they probably are not going to able to find and/or afford the stamps or philatelic related subjects, such as covers, that they have been looking for during their collecting years. Many simply decide to sell their […]

We received a question from a reader through our Facebook page. The question was: “Dear Korea Stamp Society, I have in my collection this military stationery letter that to my knowledge was sent from Korea to Japan by probably Japanese soldier. Could it be possibly for you to help me identify information written on this […]

The Korea Stamp Society (KSS) regularly answers questions from both members and non-members about Korean philately, and one recent inquiry turned out to be a particularly enjoyable puzzle. A collector wrote to us about an airmail cover sent from the Republic of Korea to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which somehow ended up first […]

The October 2026 issue of Woopyo offers a particularly broad cross-section of the Korea Philatelic Federation’s activities and collecting interests. Its centre of gravity is firmly in Korean postal history and traditional philately: Korean War military mail, the production and delivery of Korea’s first stamps, the provisional overprints of the immediate post-Liberation period, Japanese postal […]

The September 2026 issue of Woopyo, published on 1 September by the Korea Philatelic Federation (한국우취연합), has an unusually broad range. Its contents move from current Korean stamp issues and exhibition affairs to detailed studies of Korean postal history, the Munwi stamps, post-Liberation provisional overprints and postal stationery. Alongside these are articles on tourist datestamps, […]

A group of North Korean covers and postal stationery offered as lots 2957–2976 in the Christoph Gärtner 66th Auction provides a compact view of postal use during the first years of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The material is varied: ordinary inland letters, registered mail, air mail, foreign destinations, postal stationery and a small […]

The following news items are translated from the July 2026 issue of Woopyo Magazine, the monthly philatelic magazine published in Korea. The news section was compiled and written by Jin Hur, who regularly reports on activities within the Korean philatelic community, including meetings of the Korea Philatelic Federation, preparations for national exhibitions, and new stamp-related […]

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 8 October 2026 KoreaPost issued a stamp commemorating “World Maritime Day”. The stamps were issued in a sheet of 16 stamps of 500 won each. The stamps were printed by Brebner Print for POSA.

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 1 October 2026 KoreaPost issued a stamp commemorating “Dancheong Korean Traditional Multicolored Paintwork”. The stamps were issued in a sheet of 18 (3×6) stamps of 500 won each. The stamps were printed by Cartor for POSA.

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 9 September 2026 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of stamps titled “Do Prosper Forever, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea!”

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 20 August 2026 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set showing “Posters”.