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Korean Philately – August 2005

April 30, 2018March 21, 2018 Gary McLean1176Leave a Comment

Contents of Korean Philately Volume 50 Number 3. This was the August 2005 edition of the KP.

Korea Philately August 2005 Download

April 30, 2018March 30, 2018 Gary McLean853

(KSS members only content.) Members of the KSS can download complete PDF files of past editions of Korean Philately magazine. If you are a member of KSS and would like to read this edition of Korean Philately, please login using your KSS website account and password. Complimentary sample copies of the Korean Philately are available on […]

North Korean revenues postally used

April 28, 2018February 21, 2021 Ivo Spanjersberg17382 Comments

Often on Ebay “North Korean” revenue stamps show up. The provenance of these stamps is “unknown” at best, but given that these stamps are never seen used on real documents from North Korea it is likely these stamps are fake. Or are they? Here is a picture of an item offered on Ebay somewhere in […]

KPC3275-3277: Sounds of Korea

April 28, 2018May 26, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg1321Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 30 April 2018 KoreaPost released three stamps about the sounds of Korea and Korean traditional musicians: “한국의 소리(국악인)”. The three musicians are 김천흥, 신쾌동 and 김윤덕, shown with their particular instrument.

Receipt for unpaid or insufficiently paid mail

April 27, 2018April 29, 2018 Ken Clark1117Leave a Comment

The front cover of Kiku Shimbun 169 (August 2016) features a rare item of Japanese postal history from North Korea. Following the end of WWII and the Japanese Surrender, USA Forces moved into Seoul, Korea, whilst Soviet Forces move from Manchuria in the northern parts of Korea, both of these subjects and the eventual division […]

KSC5165: Korean Animated Film

April 26, 2018May 5, 2018 Jo Pieters1191Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) A sheetlet was issued to reflect the Korean animated film The Boy General. The film vividly shows the high sense of patriotism, noble virtue, and culture and customs including martial spirit cherished and displayed by the people in the period of Koguryo that was well-known as a powerful state […]

KPC3275: North-South Summit

April 25, 2018April 25, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg3472Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 27 April 2018 KoreaPost will release a stamp commemorating the North-South Summit. The stamp is literally listed as shown here (i.e. white background with only the KoreaPost logo shown).

Request for Help in Identification, and Possible Explanations

April 24, 2018January 15, 2019 Alex Holstead and Florian Eichorn1232Leave a Comment

(Originally from KP double number November 2012 / February 2013, Vol. 54 Nr. 4 / Vol. 55 Nr. 1) I hope that I have come to the right place and that I am not causing you any trouble.

Mystery Booklet

April 22, 2018August 21, 2019 Stewart Steres17511 Comment

(Originally from KP May 2012, Vol. 54, No. 2) On this page is another mystery booklet. On the cover (Figure 2a) next to the cathedral and under the Korean writing, are the words: “Centennial Anniversary of Special Envoy to the Hague.” On the back of the cover (Figure 2d) in the lower left is the […]

Korean Passport Stamps in U.S. Dollars in Passport

April 21, 2018April 22, 2018 Gary McLean4874Leave a Comment

Hasegawa’s new revenue catalogue does not include those stamps issued in the U.S. in U.S. dollars. Figures 1 and 2 illustrate two such stamps, denominated $10, and contained in my own passport that has now expired and has been cancelled. The stamps were used to verify payment of visa fees. One has a serial number, […]

KSC5164: 70th Anniv. of April 1948 Joint Conference of the Representatives of Political Parties and Public Organizations in North and South Korea.

April 21, 2018May 5, 2018 Jo Pieters1025Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) A souvenir sheet was issued on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of April 1948 Joint Conference of the Representatives of Political Parties and Public Organizations in North and South Korea.

KSC5163A: Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un’s Unofficial Visit to the PRC

April 20, 2018May 5, 2018 Jo Pieters959Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, paid an unofficial visit to China from March 25 to 28 at the invitation of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party […]

A Note on the 2002 North Korean Surcharges

April 20, 2018June 14, 2018 P. Kevin MacKeown1473Leave a Comment

A few years ago, I was offered, for a few dollars, the upper cover shown here, the multiple franking (there are 17 more copies of the stamp on the reverse!) on 9 August 2002, reflecting the stellar inflation of the postage from the first of the month from 5chon to 3won, an increase of a […]

KSC5161-5163: 106th Birthday of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung

April 15, 2018May 5, 2018 Jo Pieters12011 Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The State Stamp Bureau of the DPRK has issued the stamps showing Samjiyon Grand Monument reflecting the exploits of anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle performed by the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung on the occasion of the Day of the Sun.

Kerr cover with Christmas seals (1952)

April 15, 2018June 14, 2018 Robert (Bob) Finder1240Leave a Comment

My most treasured Korean Christmas seal item that might be of most interest to KSS members, is this used cover from Jim W. Kerr, one of the earliest members of the KSS and author of books on Korean stamps. What is really rare about this, besides it being from Jim Kerr while he was in […]

Dr. Sherwood Hall’s Christmas and New Year Seals of Korea 1932-1940 catalogue

April 14, 2018June 14, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg26411 Comment

Published privately in 2006 by Stephen J. Hasegawa the “Dr. Sherwood Hall’s Christmas and New Year Seals of Korea 1932-1940” catalogue is even today still the only publication listing in-depth the seals published by Dr. Sherwood Hall in Korea in the 1930s.

Reader’s Question: Cinderellas of Korea: Any Information?

April 11, 2018January 13, 2019 Gary McLean1278Leave a Comment

(Originally from KP May 2012, Vol. 54, No. 2) As I was working on my Korean collection, I came across a group of Cinderellas from Korea. I have no idea when, where, or how I acquired them, but I am curious about them. Can anyone help me out by providing information?

Blogs with contents on korean philately: Arabesque blog, by blogger Komoro1939

April 10, 2018December 26, 2018 Florian Eichhorn1531Leave a Comment

Blogger komoro1939 gives an in-depth retrospective of unusual korean material recently offered on ebay or other auctions. His comments are always interesting. So this is a sort of chronology on new material and worthwhile reading. Very much recommended, particular if you are into the Korean kingdom/Empire 1895/1905 philatelic period.

North Korean Stamps by Night Train

April 10, 2018March 21, 2018 Baiyin Yang and Gary N. McLean1358Leave a Comment

After returning to his native country (PRC) to teach this past spring, one of my colleagues, Dr. Baiyin Yang, presented me with five folders of North Korean stamps. While all folders had the same cover (see Figure 1 for front cover, Figure 2 for back cover, and Figure 3 for inside cover), the stamps inside […]

ROK Blue Dragon cover

April 10, 2018December 9, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg1236Leave a Comment

After contacting Andrew Crenshaw regarding the ROK White Horse cover he put several other military covers from the Vietnam era online. This cover is one of those, in this case from the ROK 2nd Marine Brigade (later Division), also known as the “Blue Dragon”, stationed in Vietnam from September 1965 onwards.