Korean Philately – August 2005
Contents of Korean Philately Volume 50 Number 3. This was the August 2005 edition of the KP.
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Contents of Korean Philately Volume 50 Number 3. This was the August 2005 edition of the KP.
Continue Reading(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 […]
Continue ReadingOften 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 […]
Continue Reading(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.
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
Continue Reading(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 […]
Continue Reading(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).
Continue Reading(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.
Continue Reading(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 […]
Continue ReadingHasegawa’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, […]
Continue Reading(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.
Continue Reading(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 […]
Continue ReadingA 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 […]
Continue Reading(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.
Continue ReadingMy 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 […]
Continue ReadingPublished 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.
Continue Reading(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?
Continue ReadingBlogger 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.
Continue ReadingAfter 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 […]
Continue ReadingAfter 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.
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