Korea Stamp Society

April 1946 postwar usages of Postage Fee Paid forms with Japanese Showa and USAMGIK surcharges

November 30, 2022August 10, 2022 Florian Eichhorn148Leave a Comment

In 1919 the Japanese introduced “Postage Fee Paid” forms. These forms were used to pay for various kinds of mail matter in bulk. The official Japanese postal term was 郵便料金受領証原符 = Postage fee reception original form and is imprinted on top. The actual mail items received a circular bisected handstamp in characters “(post office name)/postage […]

KSC5440: Demonstration of Actuality, Militant Effectiveness and Actual War Capacities of the Nuclear Combat Forces of the State

November 25, 2022February 23, 2023 KP Online Editor62Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 25 November 2022 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a stamp titled “Demonstration of Actuality, Militant Effectiveness and Actual War Capacities of the Nuclear Combat Forces of the State”.

5437-5439: Ryonpho Greenhouse Farm

November 25, 2022February 23, 2023 KP Online Editor51Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 25 November 2022 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a series titled “Ryonpho Greenhouse Farm”.

The Korea 1900 Plum Blossom Essays Revisited

November 23, 2022July 25, 2022 Robert (Bob) Finder1983 Comments

The topic of the Plum Blossom Essay was last seen on the Korea Stamp Society webpage back on August 7, 2019 in an article by Gary McLean.

KPC3629-3630: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

November 18, 2022March 24, 2023 KP Online Editor48Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 18 November 2022 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue on the theme of “UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage”. The stamps were also issued in a minisheet of 4 x 2 + 2 stamps, all of 430 won each. The stamps were printed by Royal Johan Enschedé for POSA.

South Korea’s 1966 Unusual S/S for the 6th Postal Week — Revisited

November 16, 2022August 10, 2022 Robert (Bob) Finder113Leave a Comment

Back in 2018 a short article was published that described South Korea’s unusual souvenir sheet (S/S) that was issued in 1966 for commemorating the 6th Postal Week. What is unusual about this S/S is that it was only issued with a red overprint. There was not a single stamp issued to accompany it. The S/S […]

KPC3627-3628: Flowering Vegetable Plants

November 11, 2022March 24, 2023 KP Online Editor45Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 11 November 2022 KoreaPost issued a commemorative stamp issue showing “Flowering Vegetable Plants”. The stamps were also issued in a souvenir sheet of 3 x 4 stamps of 430 won each. The stamps were printed by Royal Johan Enschedé for POSA.

KPC3625-3626: Definitive Postage Stamps (1000 won and 2530 won)

November 11, 2022March 28, 2023 KP Online Editor50Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 11 November 2022 KoreaPost issued two regular postage stamps showing a “Daegeum” resp. a “Gold Cap from Cheonmachong Tomb”. The stamps were issued in a post office sheets of 5 x 6 stamps of 1000 won resp. 2530 won each.

Imagine my surprise when the DPRK also printed a postal stationery catalogue!

November 9, 2022May 1, 2022 Greg Todd2289 Comments

I started collecting the Postal Stationery of the DPRK as I had one or two clients who were buying North Korean postal history which was all but unobtainable in Western Europe in the 1980’s. After leaving Stanley Gibbons in 1992 to start ‘Carmichael & Todd’, I joined the KSC. I attended, with a stand, the […]