Supporting Philatelists Since 1952
In August, 2018, Helen Zirkle’s publication “Philatelic handbook for Korea, 1884-1905”, which was published in 1970, was added to the KSS website for the members to peruse and download. Earlier, in 1966 Ms. Zirkle also wrote for the Korea Stamp Society one of the first comprehensive publications of the Korean seals, called “The Christmas-Tuberculosis Seals of […]
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After ten years since the first edition of this full color(!) catalogue of North Korean stamps, the third edition was published by the Korea Stamp Corporation, Pyongyang, in 2003. Chronologically, the first edition was published early in 1993, containing up to #3277, the winners of 25th Olympic Games, issued December, 1992, and consisted of the […]
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Originally published in French as “Histoire postale du Corps de Volontaires Belgo-Luxembourgeois en Corée” in 2002 by Henri Smets a Dutch translation by W. Major was published in that same year. Titled “Postgeschiedenis van het Belgisch-Luxemburgs Vrijwilligerskorps voor Korea” the Dutch version contains 165 numbered pages with philatelic information on the Belgian and Luxembourg UN […]
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The Christmas/TB seal program was very successful in 1932 with the seals being sold-out and raising funds for the fight against tuberculosis in Korea. The United Christmas Seal Committee, headed by Dr. Sherwood Hall, and supported by Korea Medical Missionary association, the Korean Nurses Association and other groups, continued the seals program in 1933. It […]
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) Stamps were issued to show the grand mass gymnastics and artistic performance The Glorious Country in celebration of the 70th founding anniversary of the DPRK. The grand mass gymnastics and artistic performance impressively shows the immortal revolutionary exploits performed by President Kim Il Sung and General Kim Jong Il, […]
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This article was originally published in The London Philatelist, Volume 123 Issue 1416 in June 2014. It is reprinted here with permission of the author, Anthony Bard, who besides being a member of the RPSL is also a member of the KSS. He is well-known for his highly specialized North Korea collection. The article is […]
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The design of the 2004 Lunar New Year stamp (Scott A1942, KSC4321) is adorable. A young boy and girl playing in Korean traditional clothing (Hanbok, or 한복) on Lunar New Year’s Day (Seollal or 설날), both relating to Korean culture. The design shows the political and economic changes in North Korea at the time (due […]
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 14 September 2018 KoreaPost released a stamp commemorating the 200th anniversary of Jeong Yakyong’s return from exile in the autumn of 1818 and publication of his best-known book Mokminsimseo (목민심서, 牧民心書) about how and why government officials should fight against poverty.
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 12 September 2018 KoreaPost released a stamp commemorating the North-South Summit held earlier in 2018 between the presidents of both the DPRK and ROK.
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A question from one of our KSS members: are these stamps real, fake, or a reprint? The stamps in this partial sheet were part of a batch of 1961 and earlier North Korean stamps. These 10 stamps (2×5) are from a sheet of 70 jeon 1959 “Peaceful Reunification of Korea” stamps (Scott 175a / A141; […]
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(Originally from KP May 2012, Vol. 54, No. 2) Late last year (2010), North Korea an-nounced a drastic economic reform through the introduction of a new currency. While the name of the currency was not changed, the new currency was worth 100 times the old currency. In other words, devaluation of currency occurred, resulting in a […]
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 10 September 2018 KoreaPost released a stamp commemorating the 13th World Firefighters Games held in Chungju in 2018.
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) Stamps were issued by the Korea Stamp Corporation to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1948.
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Recently when I bought some stamps from a Korean dealer through Ebay I received an envelope with some very recently issued commemoratives on it. This time the same seller went further and not only used the most recent stamps issued, but he actually created an FDC while doing so!
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 3 September 2018 KoreaPost released a stamp commemorating the centennial of Chung-Ang University (중앙대학교) in Seoul.
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The two images show the front and back of a postcard mailed with the 1936-37 Christmas seal tied by a San Francisco cancel and also shows a PAQUEBOT cancel with San. Fran. Calif. The front of the card shows the N.Y.K. Line S.S. Taiyo Maru. This is the first usage of a Christmas seal that […]
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