Some other examples of stamp issues for the Kim Il Sung anniversary

(On 15 April an article was published on how the DPRK commemorates the birthday of Kim Il Sung. Here one of our members, Alexander Shaposhnikov, introduces a few other related stamp issues from his collection:) In addition to the article I am sending some photos of several rare imperforated stamps dedicated to the birthday of […]

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Some anniversaries are advertised wider than other anniversaries

October 2021 marked 70 years of the Korea Stamp Society! Really, it did. But did you know about it? Probably not, if only for the simple reason that until then nobody had advertised this fact. (We did in Korean Philately, have a look at the Q4 2021 edition!) Here are two other anniversaries related to […]

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KPC3582-3589: The Historic Architecture in Korea: Anglican & Catholic Churches

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 14 April 2022 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue commemorating “The Historic Architecture in Korea: Anglican & Catholic Churches”. The stamps were also issued in a minisheet of 2 x 8 stamps (16), at 430 won each, plus a sheetlet containing 4 stamps at 690 won to 1090 won each. […]

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KSC5401: 10th Anniv. of Election of the Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un to the Supreme Leadership of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the State of the DPRK

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 11 April 2022 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of a stamp and a sheetlet commemorating the “10th Anniv. of Election of the Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un to the Supreme Leadership of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the State of the DPRK”.

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Obtaining one more 1905 Postal Envelope of the Missionary Mr. H. G. Underwood!

This year I was lucky enough to have bid on an auction and won this 1905 postal envelope of Missionary Horace Grant Underwood. The sender’s address is “FROM: H. G. UNDERWOOD,SEOUL, KOREA.”, receiver address is typed as “Tiffin Stamp Co, 160 N St. Tiffin Ohio, USA”. The envelope was franked with a 10 cent Eagle […]

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