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 contingents fighting during the Korean War.
The combined Belgian-Luxembourg contingent numbered 3587 Belgians and 85 Luxembourgers plus approx. 250 (South) Koreans. Examples of postal history from all these groups are shown in this publication. The publication contains highly detailed information regarding postal uses, including many photos/scans of envelopes and such.
Shown here are a few pages as examples. Please note these are scans, not original artwork! The original publication used here was self-published by the author. Only the cover has colour, all other pages are b/w.
Please note this specific copy of the publication came from the Dutch philatelic library, which is maintained by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Bond van Filatelistenverenigingen (KNBF).
