Supporting Philatelists Since 1952
(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 27 October 2023 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue showing the capital of Korea, “Seoul”. The stamps were also issued in a minisheet of 4 x 4 (16) stamps at 430 won each. The stamps were printed by Cartor for POSA.
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 27 October 2023 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of stamps commemorating the “Military Parade Held in Celebration of the 70th Anniv. of Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War”.
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 26 October 2023 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of stamps commemorating “Horse Riding”.
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In 1966 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA), following 1961-1965’s examples, would again introduce multiple seals with four different designs in the Christmas and New Year/TB seals series. Two of the seals show a combined scene of stylized women dancers, another shows a stylized pagoda and a woman with a tray on top of her […]
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 24 October 2023 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of stamps commemorating the “Official Goodwill Visit of the Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, to the Russian Federation”.
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 6 October 2023 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue commemorating “The 50th anniversary of KBS as Korea’s key public service media”. The stamps were also issued in a minisheet of 4 x 4 (16) stamps at 430 won each. The stamps were printed by KOMSCO for POSA.
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North Korea isn’t the only country that has used the chollima images on their postage stamps. Some of North Korea’s allies have used the image too. For example, from an image we have seen before on the Korea Stamps Society’s webpage is a East Germany pair with a semi-postal stamp of 20 +5 pf value […]
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The year 1948 was a tumultuous time in South Korea, marked by political turmoil, economic struggles, and social unrest. Despite these challenges, the country was poised for change, as it worked to establish a stable government and lay the foundation for a prosperous future. One of the key political developments of 1948 was the establishment […]
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 6 October 2023 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue showing “Flowering Vegetable Plants”. The stamps were also issued in a minisheet of 4 x 4 (16) stamps at 430 won each. The stamps were printed by Royal Joh. Enschedé for POSA.
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We have previously posted articles on the Korea Stamp Society’s (KSS) website about charity seals that were issued by Soviet Bloc countries which supported North Korea during the Korean War. And a follow up article on these charity seals was published in the Korean Philately magazine Vol. 58, No. 2 (2022).
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