Supporting Philatelists Since 1952
In 1951, the Korean War continued to rage on between North and South Korea, with no end in sight. The year was marked by several significant events that shaped the course of the conflict and impacted the lives of the Korean people.
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 30 January 2024 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue commemorating Repatriated Cultural Heritage. The stamps were issued in a minisheet containing 16 (4×4) stamps which are “valid forever”. The stamps were printed by KOMSCO.
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An item shown here has a color oddity. How can it be explained? Here is the background:
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In 1969 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) went with two similar designs for a pair of seals for the Christmas and New Year/TB seals series. The design is a stylized Korean girl greeting birds, probably doves, and is shown in se-tenant mirror type with two different sets of the colors.
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 14 January 2024 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of stamps commemorating “the 65th anniv. of founding of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards”.
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This postcard is an interesting example of a postcard which had been created for one purpose (a Christmas greeting to be sent by Korean soldiers) which was used by a Methodist missionary, Revd. Finis B. Jeffery, to a mission supporter in Texas in 1959 to both send a Christmas greeting, and to give the recipient […]
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James E. Rogers is listed in several KSS member lists, starting in the 1956 listing with membership number #91. At that time he was listed as part of “GCA Unit, # 23 N A F Navy # 510” with his address listed as “FPO New York NY”. The listing shows James Rogers as a contemporary […]
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The Korea Stamp Corporation has delineated its 2024 stamp issuing program, presenting a new array of postage stamps for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The schedule, which is methodically set out, comprises thirteen distinct issues that span a variety of themes, each with a designated face value and release date.
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The Korea Stamps Society (KSS) is pleased to the present the eighth article of Stewart Steres’ Series South Korea’s Commemorative Booklets. This article is about the Age of Dinosaurs.
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A literally massive philatelic book has been published on Korean philatelic history. In this article Joel Lee, member of the KSS, introduces the book authored by Na Bong-ju and its background.
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 1 January 2024 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of one stamp and a set of postcards to commemorate “New Year Juche 113 (2024)”.
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