Korea Stamp Society

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

April 27, 2022May 1, 2022 Alexander Shaposhnikov376Leave a Comment

(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 […]

KSC5405-5406: 90th Anniv. of Founding of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army

April 25, 2022February 24, 2023 KP Online Editor47Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 10 May 2022 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of a stamp and a sheetlet commemorating the “90th Anniv. of Founding of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army”.

KPC3590-3593: Protected Marine Species (5th)

April 20, 2022April 13, 2023 KP Online Editor14Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 20 April 2022 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue commemorating “Protected Marine Species”. The stamps were also issued in a minisheet of 4 x 4 stamps (16), at 430 won each. The stamps were printed by Cartor for POSA.

Some anniversaries are advertised wider than other anniversaries

April 15, 2022April 11, 2022 Ivo Spanjersberg315Leave a Comment

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 […]

KSC5402-5404: 110th Birthday of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung

April 15, 2022February 24, 2023 KP Online Editor48Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 10 May 2022 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of a stamp and a sheetlet commemorating the “110th Birthday of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung”.

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

April 14, 2022April 17, 2023 Chen Yi-Fu412Leave a Comment

(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. […]

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

April 11, 2022February 24, 2023 KP Online Editor33Leave a Comment

(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”.

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

April 6, 2022May 4, 2022 Dr. Joel Lee3591 Comment

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 […]

KPC3581: 15th World Forestry Congress

April 5, 2022April 17, 2023 Chen Yi-Fu309Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 5 April 2022 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue commemorating the “XV World Forestry Congress”. The stamp was also issued in a minisheet of 4 x 4 stamps (16), at 430 won each. The stamps were printed by Southern Colour Print for POSA.