The KSS has published a new edition of the KSS magazine, Korean Philately, the second KP for 2025. This edition of KP is about Korean folklore and stamp variations. As a member you can download this edition of Korean Philately for free as a PDF. And again, just as is the case with all issues for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, you can own a full-colour magazine-style hard-copy version of this KP!
How to download?
This edition of Korean Philately can, just like all previous editions/issues, be downloaded from the KSS website. In case you just can’t wait to download it, here is the direct download link for you as a member:
Korean Philately Vol. 61 No. 2 (2025)
Because this is a “member only” download, you must be logged on to the KSS website for the link to work. Not a member yet? Join right now and have free access to this edition and all previous editions of KP in no time!
Want to own a printed version? Buy one online!
The KP used to be sent to KSS members as part of their membership. Given present day costs of printing and sending hard-copy editions of magazines and books this would not be a viable option any longer.
If you would like to order a printed copy, you can find the print versions of Korean Philately magazine on the KSS profile at Blurb.com:
Order print versions of Korean Philately magazines
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And in case you are wondering: we make pretty much zero profit on selling hard-copy KP’s, we only offer this service through Blurb in case you would like to hold our great looking magazine in your own hands.
What does Korean Philately look like?
Want to have an idea of what you will get with this edition of Korean Philately? Below are some of the pages of this KP:
Your article in KP?
It’s great to publish articles on your (Korea related) philatelic interests! See how people react to articles by looking at the great comments our authors get and notice how good your materials would look like in print! With both the PDF and the Blurb printed-on-demand versions KSS members can now choose there preferred method of reading Korean Philately magazine, but that is also true for our authors of course. Therefore, if you’d like to publish an article as well for the KSS website and/or Korean Philately magazine, please contact us through our online form. “Letters to the Editor” for the next issue(s) are also very welcome.
I always read the new issue of Korean Philately with interest. Thanks to the editors and authors of articles.
Interesting material about 1950 North Korean cover. This is a really rare and valuable cover and very rare 1 Won stamps.
I want to say that these stamps are some of the rarest stamps of North Korea!
The Scott catalog values this stamp (#23) at $7,000 for a mint and $1,500 for used stamp (I have the 2019 edition of this catalog).
I wonder how the new catalog of DPRK stamps, published this year by Korea Stamp Corporation, values these stamps.
On the other hand, the prices in catalogs published in the DPRK are, to put it mildly, almost always inadequate, but it is still interesting.
I would also like to point out that there has been very little information about North Korean stamps in KP issues lately.
Example, I calculated that 71 thematic articles were published in 5 issues of Korean Philately in the period 2024-25.
Of these, only 3 articles were about DPRK stamps (and 3 more mentions of the DPRK in other articles). That is only 4% of the total number of articles.
And that upsets me.
The ideal percentage of articles on Korean philately could be as follows: DPRK – 33%, South Korea – 33%, Korea Empire – 33%. Or 40%, 40%, 20%.
It’s true that lately we have had a bit less about North Korea in the pages of KP recently, but the reason is quite simple: we publish what our members write. We didn’t receive much about North Korea, so there is not much to publish in this regard. At the moment the DPRK doesn’t seem to be a popular subject amongst our membership to write about.