Supporting Philatelists Since 1952
This month marks the 6th anniversary of the most recent iteration of the Korean Stamp Society (KSS), probably the 5th or 6th iteration of the KSS depending on how you would like to count. Started in late 1951, the KSS went through its very first crisis within a year, but managed to survive. During the […]
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Korea’s official postal system was established around 487 AD. The purpose of this system was for the central government to issue orders to local government offices. This is called the postal station system.
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From one of our readers we received the following question: I recently received a postcard from the Korea Postage Stamp Museum, which features an interesting design. On the front, it is a typical postcard, but what caught my attention is the back side, which prominently displays a penguin stamp from the year 2008. Could someone […]
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In 1970 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) changed its format for issuing TB seals by issuing 20 different designs. All the designs depict a stylized child, either a boy or a girl, in different scenes of play. Actually there were 10 distinct designs with the second row of the sheets depicting the seals with […]
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A Swiss collector has come across a piece from 1957, a registered airmail letter from Korea to the USA. This has sparked curiosity about the breakdown of the postal tariffs, including airmail and registration fees, during that era. What resources or references could possibly shed light on the Korean postal tariffs used at the time?
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 16 February 2024 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of stamps commemorating the “82nd Birthday of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il”.
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 15 February 2024 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Park Whamok. The stamps were issued in a minisheet containing 15 (3×5) stamps of 430 won each. The stamps were printed by Cartor for POSA.
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The Korea post office ordered an ordinance to use 1 poon stamp for mailing newspapers in 1900. Yet there were no stamps with a 1 poon value, so the post office surcharged 1 poon on the existing 1895 Tae-Guk stamps and let them be used until the new 1 poon stamps will be published. Those […]
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The Korea Stamps Society (KSS) is pleased to the present the tenth article of Stewart Steres’ Series “South Korea’s Commemorative Booklets”. This article is about the Korean World Philatelic Exhibition of 1984.
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 2 February 2024 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of stamps commemorating “The Ninth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the WPK”.
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