Korea Stamp Society

A note on perforation varieties on North Korean stamps

October 3, 2018August 4, 2018 Kevin MacKeown1245Leave a Comment

Perforation varieties of early North Korean stamps, say pre-1960, are almost limitless, for example, in his exhibits Dr Maeda detects at least eight varieties for the single Labour Law issue of 1956, (SGN110). The later emphasis on issues for philatelic markets, however, brought about a standardization of production, resulting in much less variability. Almost none […]

KPC3341-3342: Postal Culture Week

October 2, 2018September 21, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg1515Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 2 October 2018 KoreaPost released two commemorative stamps for “Postal Culture Week”, promoting the idea of writing letters by hand instead of typing letters on a computer. For us, philatelists, this is especially important: the small number of letters being written these days means most children never see an […]

KPC3340: 70th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

October 1, 2018September 21, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg1518Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 1 October 2018 KoreaPost released a stamp commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On 10 December 1948 the United Nations adopted the text of the Universal Declaration, which became an official day (“Human Rights Day”) in South Korea in 1973.