Supporting Philatelists Since 1952
Most collectors of South Korean stamps are familiar with the 1946 set of Japanese stamps overprinted for use in US-occupied South Korea and revalued in Korean currency, i.e. cheon. These are listed in the Korean Postage Stamp Catalogue (KPSC) as numbers R1-R6 and in Scott as numbers 55-60. They were issued some months after the […]
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 22 February 2023 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue commemorating “Repatriated Cultural Heritage”. The stamps were also issued in a minisheet of 4 x 4 stamps of 430 won each. The stamps were printed by Royal Johan Enschedé for POSA.
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 17 February 2023 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of seven souvenir sheets and a sheetlet commemorating the “Successful Test Launch of the New-type ICBM Hwasongpho-17”.
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 16 February 2023 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of four stamps and a souvenir sheet commemorating the “81st Birthday of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il”.
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During a 2022 stamp auction a cover showed up with a strange seal on the back of it. The cover was posted in North Korea in 1955, sent to what was at the time Czechoslovakia. The sender was probably a member of the NNSC or “Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission”, the committee which was supposed to […]
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 11 February 2023 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of a stamp and a souvenir sheet commemorating the “Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea”.
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 10 February 2023 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue commemorating “Protecting Endangered Species in Korea-Cambodia REDD+ Joint Project Areas”. The stamps were also issued in a minisheet of 6 x 3 (18) stamps of 430 won each. The stamps were printed by Cartor for POSA.
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With the Korea 1957 Christmas and New Year/TB seal, the Korea National Tuberculosis Association would also produce the first souvenir sheet of the Christmas/TB seal series, since Dr. Sherwood Hall issued a souvenir sheet in 1936 for the celebration of the 5th anniversary of the Christmas/TB seals program.
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I became interested in South Korean stamps in the 1960’s. I especially liked the cute small sheets that came with most of their stamps. I really liked the prices as most of the stamps cost 9-10 cents each and the sheets were 12-15 cents each. As my interest grew I wanted to get the earlier […]
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