Korea Stamp Society

The 1959 “Peaceful Reunification of Korea” stamps: more addendum

January 31, 2019December 25, 2019 Florian Eichhorn14202 Comments

In September 2018 KSS member Yi Yong Suk asked a question regarding his set of 1959 “Peaceful Reunification of Korea” stamps (Scott 175a / A141; KSC 151). One of our members, Kevin Mackeown, sent one cancelled example showing the imperforated stamps were real and then sent more examples used on cover. Now KSS member Florian […]

KSC5186-5189: Fine Arts Works

January 30, 2019January 12, 2019 Jo Pieters1056Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) Four stamps were issued on 30 January 2019 to “reflect the struggle of the Korean people who have been scoring a victory after victory on all the fronts of building a thriving nation in the revolutionary spirit of Mt. Paektu.”

The 1937 Korean Christmas and New Year Seal

January 26, 2019January 26, 2019 Robert (Bob) Finder205910 Comments

The 1937 Korean Christmas and New Year seal, like the 1936 seal, is not very complicated from a collecting standpoint. There are the single seal, booklets, sheets of 25, and postcards. The design of the seal show two boys spinning tops, as a woman with a baby watches them play. The building pictured in the […]

KPC3350-3354: Korea Stamp Design Contest

January 23, 2019January 24, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg23953 Comments

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 23 January 2019 KoreaPost released a series of five stamps showing the winning designs for the 2019 Korea Stamp Design Contest.

Jeju Haenyeo Women Divers Stamp Artwork from KoreaPost

January 19, 2019November 29, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg1896Leave a Comment

To promote the sales of the November 2018 Jeju Heanyeo stamp release KoreaPost has created a lot of artwork. This artwork has been used in KoreaPost’s campaigns on the K-Stamp Postory blog, the KoreaPost Facebook page and Stamp Museum blog. Examples from these campaigns after the break.

South Korean booklets and color bars (III)

January 16, 2019November 23, 2018 Stewart Steres1143Leave a Comment

This is Part 3 of the BOOKLETS WITH COLOR BARS article. On 1/24/1994 the Ministry issued the first “Portable Booklet” to commemorate the 21st U.P.U. Congress (3rd issue). This issue started the color bars for a total of 15 issues through 3/27/1996. All of these were in the “Portable Booklet” format. For explanation see part […]

KSC5185: 60th Anniversary of Founding of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards

January 14, 2019January 12, 2019 Jo Pieters1461Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) Two stamps were issued in a stamp sheetlet to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the “Worker-Peasant Red Guards”.

Reader’s Question: Was this North Korean block margin intentional?

January 13, 2019January 13, 2019 KP Online Editor16586 Comments

(Reader’s question/Q&A) KSS member Robert Finder has a following question regarding this block of four + two partial stamps. These North Korean stamps are listed as Scott394 (A331)/KSC353 (issued 13 March 1962).

Monetary Devaluation in DPRK (North Korea) and New Postal Rates

January 12, 2019April 19, 2021 KP Online Editor18176 Comments

The North Korean Government performed a drastic monetary devaluation on July 1, 2002, having dramatic influence on both domestic and international postal rates. However, how major the changes were and when they became effective were not known until several months after the changes. The purpose of this article is to convey the information obtained from […]

Li Joon and the 1907 Hague Peace Conference

January 9, 2019June 2, 2019 J. Sciarone15671 Comment

Researched from European press by J. Sciarone. Observant collectors will have noticed that the only two heroes from the pre-annexation era to be honored philatelically by South Korea in its first 10 years or so were the ubiquitous Admiral Yi Sun-Sin (Scott # 73, 76, 113, 225 as well as some North Korean issues) and […]

KSC5184A: A Drive for Increased Production for Carrying Out the 5-year Strategy’s Goal

January 5, 2019January 12, 2019 Jo Pieters1021Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) A stamp was issued to rouse the Korean people to a drive for increased production for carrying out the 5-year strategy’s goal for national economic development.

The 1959 “Peaceful Reunification of Korea” stamps: addendum

January 5, 2019February 6, 2019 KP Online Editor1138Leave a Comment

In September 2018 KSS member Yi Yong Suk asked a question regarding his set of 1959 “Peaceful Reunification of Korea” stamps (Scott 175a / A141; KSC 151). He himself was wondering whether these stamps were real. A good way of establishing this is to see if the (exact same version of such) stamps are known […]

Some North Korean perforation varieties (early issues)

January 2, 2019January 5, 2019 Kevin MacKeown1064Leave a Comment

This short note is just to illustrate the variety of perforations that occur in early issues of North Korea. The four stamps in question are the small portrait regular issues of 1959, a 10 won value and new currency values of 2 chon, 5 chon and 10 chon. Shown in the table are the stamp […]

KSC5184: New Year Juche 108 (2019)

January 1, 2019January 12, 2019 Jo Pieters15111 Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) A stamp was issued to celebrate the New Year Juche 108 (2019). At the same time a set of postcards was issued.

KSS in 2018: The year in articles

January 1, 2019January 1, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg1647Leave a Comment

That was an exciting year! We went from a proposal to shut down the KSS for good in January/February to creating a completely new website and having new members (welcome!) plus a new KSS Board. In the meantime we have created an online library of all the issues of Korean Philately magazine, filled the website […]