Korea Stamp Society

나만의 우표 / “My Own Stamps” examples from Jeju

February 6, 2018December 29, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg3438Leave a Comment

Since 2000 KoreaPost has given the public the option to make their own stamp sheets, a bit like Royal Mail did until recently. These sheets can be very colourful and are often given by companies to other companies or individuals. The examples shown here show sheets containing fourteen 250 won stamps (KPSC nr. U20) each. […]

Korean Philately – August 1981

February 6, 2018February 11, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg1229Leave a Comment

Contents of Korean Philately Volume XXX Number 3. This was the August 1981 edition of the KP.

Another Type Of Korean Postage Due Slip

February 6, 2018February 11, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg1448Leave a Comment

In Korean Philately (Nov. 2012 Vol. 54 #4 / Feb. 2013 Vol. 55 #1) Mr. Lyman Hale showed several types of postage due slips used by the Korean postal services, asking for anything new which could be added to his information. While living in Korea in 2013 I wanted to do an experiment with postage […]

Last Series Of Korean National Revenue Stamps (2005-2017)

February 6, 2018November 3, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg1485Leave a Comment

The last series of Korean revenue stamps to be issued for the whole of Korea was this series of 10 revenue stamps. They were printed by KOMSCO, the official government printing company which also prints Korean banknotes and postal stamps. The series was according to the official KOMSCO website put into circulation in 2005. They […]

History of the Korea Stamp Society

February 6, 2018September 6, 2018 John Talmage12081 Comment

The actual date for the founding of the Korea Stamp Society is a bit vague and a subject of discussion recently among the KSS Board of Directors. Veiled in mystery, can one of our old-timers shed some light on this arcane matter? The first issue of Korean Philately is dated October 1, 1951, edited by […]

KSC5153F: New Year Address of Juche 107 (2018)

February 1, 2018May 6, 2018 Jo Pieters1022Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The Korea Stamp Corporation released a stamp / stamp sheet titled “Consolidating the political and ideological might”.

KSC5153E: New Year Address of Juche 107 (2018)

February 1, 2018May 6, 2018 Jo Pieters1066Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The Korea Stamp Corporation released a stamp / stamp sheet titled “Let us further consolidate the self-reliant defence capability”.

KSC5153D: New Year Address of Juche 107 (2018)

February 1, 2018May 6, 2018 Jo Pieters1055Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The Korea Stamp Corporation released a stamp / stamp sheet titled “Let us develop socialist culture in comprehensive way”.

KSC5153C: New Year Address of Juche 107 (2018)

February 1, 2018May 5, 2018 Jo Pieters1117Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The Korea Stamp Corporation released a stamp / stamp sheet titled “Let us make breakthrough in reenergizing the overall economic front”.

KSC5153B: New Year Address of Juche 107 (2018)

February 1, 2018May 5, 2018 Jo Pieters1246Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The Korea Stamp Corporation released a stamp / stamp sheet titled “The respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un delivering new year address on the New Year’s Day of Juche 107 (2018)”.

KSC5153A: New Year Address of Juche 107 (2018)

February 1, 2018May 5, 2018 Jo Pieters1126Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The Korea Stamp Corporation released a stamp / stamp sheet titled “Let us launch a revolutionary general offensive to achieve fresh victory on all fronts of building a powerful socialist country”, a line coming from the New Year Address of Juche 107 (2018).