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KPC3312-3317: PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics

May 29, 2018May 26, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg1369Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 31 May 2018 KoreaPost released six stamps showing Koreans who took part in the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics – Winter Paralympic Games earlier this year. These Koreans are called “victorious heroes who overcame challenges” (도전과 승리의 영웅들).

Japanese Military Mail of Korea 1894-1910

May 26, 2018February 22, 2021 Ken Clark1854Leave a Comment

This article is the fifth part of the award winning exhibit, begun in KP 51:3, pages 18-26; KP 51:4, pages 13-19; KP 53:1, pages 5-12; and KP 53:2, pages 11-18.

KPC3308-3311: Must-see destinations for Koreans

May 22, 2018May 26, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg1368Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 24 May 2018 KoreaPost released four stamps showing parts of Korea which are must-see destinations for Koreans.

“Welcome to My World”, First Ten Years (1969-1979) of Korean Airlines as a Civilian Carrier

May 21, 2018January 21, 2019 Stanley Kim2246Leave a Comment

As a Korean Airlines jet takes off, Elvis Presley’s rendition of “Welcome to My World” was played in the background in an early Korean Airlines’ TV ad campaign. Korean Airlines’ World is the whole wide world now, but it wasn’t quite that wide in the beginning.

Missiles, Stamps, and Inflation

May 19, 2018June 24, 2018 Marcus Noland1262Leave a Comment

(Originally from KP double number November 2012 / February 2013, Vol. 54 Nr. 4 / Vol. 55 Nr. 1) In some interviews after the missile test last month [December, 2012], I mentioned in passing that North Korea had featured its missiles on postage stamps. The reporters were invariably surprised. Our man in Seoul, Jae-sung Ryu, […]

Korean Philately – February 1964

May 15, 2018April 3, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg1133Leave a Comment

Contents of Korean Philately Vol. XIII No. 1. This was the February 1964 edition of the KP.

Reader’s Question: Those Troublesome Overprints

May 12, 2018January 13, 2019 Gary McLean17181 Comment

Can you help me identify this Korean stamp? I cannot find it in a catalogue. Maybe it’s a fake? (From: Harald Zierock, France)

KSC5169A: Changzhou 2018 18th All-China Philatelic Exhibition / Stegosaurus

May 11, 2018July 13, 2018 Jo Pieters1411Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) To commemorate the Changzhou 2018 18th All-China Philatelic Exhibition the Korea Stamp Corporation released a stamp sheet on May 11, 2018, showing two dinosaurs plus text referring to the stamp exhibition.

KSC5166-5169: Sports

May 10, 2018May 6, 2018 Jo Pieters1182Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) Sports play an important role in adding lustre to the prestige and honour of the country and nation, preparing the people into possessors of noble virtue, rock-hard will and good physique and inspiring them with national pride and dignity. At present the DPRK is seething with sports fever, thus […]