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KPC3447: International Year of Plant Health

May 29, 2020June 2, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg1495Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 29 May 2020 KoreaPost issued a stamp commemorating the “International Year of Plant Health”. As the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN states “the United Nations has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). The year is a once in a lifetime opportunity to raise […]

Korean forgeries (VI): 5 Poon issued July 1895 (1st Printing); 1897 (2nd Printing) etc.

May 27, 2020June 8, 2020 Barry Abbott11901 Comment

The first stamp in this series is the 5 Poon. The stamp is designated Scott #6 and Minkus #3. Black and white images and data are from Brady-Tyler, Zirkel, G. La Francesca and colour images and data are from MikeG Canada (Stampboards), Florian Eichhorn, David Phillips, KSS and other sources.

KSC5270-5272: Great General’s March to Mt Paektu

May 25, 2020May 26, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg1055Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 25 May 2020 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a stamp series titled “Great General’s March to Mt Paektu”. This series was according to the KSC to commemorate that “Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un put forward the great programme for the education in revolutionary traditions, looking round the […]

KSC5249-5250: Brass Instruments

May 23, 2020April 20, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg12472 Comments

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 23 May 2020 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a stamp series showing brass instruments. The series is also available in a minisheet of 2×4 stamps, effectively creating several possible combinations of stamps on cover (both horizontal and vertical).

The Korean Language and How to Read DPRK Military Postcards

May 20, 2020May 23, 2020 Chen Yi-Fu14812 Comments

For anyone studying Korean postage stamps and postal stationery, understanding the structure of the Korean language and the Korean alphabet will enrich the understanding of any material which you have. The Korean language is highly structured and regular. Some sixty percent of its vocabulary derives from written Chinese (called in Korean Hanja 漢字).

Korean Stamp Museum virtual tour makes visiting possible

May 18, 2020May 13, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg1712Leave a Comment

Because of the corona virus doing the rounds the Korean Stamp Museum is, like so many other such institutes, closed at the moment. However, just a few days ago KoreaPost issued a link on its website to a complete virtual tour of the Korean Stamp Museum. When clicked one starts just outside the museum, underground, […]

Beautiful Postal Cards and Postal Covers of Early Korea

May 16, 2020March 28, 2020 Dr. Joel Lee9031 Comment

Some of the rarest examples of postal history of Empire Korea, combining the images of early 20th century Korea on hand-tinted postal cards and a cover demonstrating all the stamps available at the Chemulpo, Korea post office on a single day are that of a correspondence addressed to Mrs. Charlotte K. Ober, University of Washington, […]

Reader’s Question: What are these items?

May 14, 2020May 12, 2020 KP Online Editor10543 Comments

One of our members showed a series of pictures with all sorts of items. The question is: what are these items? Do you recognize them? Then please leave your ideas in the comments below the items. You can refer to them by the number given with the figures.

2018 Winter Olympics PyeongChang: two years ago

May 13, 2020March 6, 2020 KP Online Editor9233 Comments

Held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, the 2018 Winter Olympics were a triumph for (South) Korea in two ways. Not only did it show a very modern and well-organized Korea, an image completely different from just one generation ago when Korea was still one of the poorest countries in the world, […]

KSC5245-5248: Animal Husbandry

May 10, 2020April 20, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg897Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 10 May 2020 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a stamp series showing “animal husbandry“. As the KSC notes “Livestock farming plays an important role in producing delicious, nutritious foodstuffs as well as in providing raw materials for light industry. Moreover, manure, that make crops grow healthy and […]

Korea 1964/66 definitives – colour varieties with 200, 300 and 500 won?

May 6, 2020April 23, 2020 Florian Eichhorn13675 Comments

Back in April 2019 I received an inquiry of the German MICHEL-catalog editor. He related a reader’s question on probably different printings of 1964/66 ROK definitives (KPC #218/236), commonly known as the 1st granite paper series.