Supporting Philatelists Since 1952
This article, originally published in the August 2025 issue of Woopyo magazine, provides a comprehensive update on preparations for the upcoming PhilaKorea 2025 international philatelic exhibition. Written by Jin Hur, Secretary General of PhilaKorea 2025, the report outlines key statistics, exhibit classifications, venue logistics, and organizational priorities. It also addresses the role of Korean exhibitors […]
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Images of folklore (traditional customs, material culture, folk tales) are commonly depicted on the stamps of many nations to represent their national culture to both a domestic and international audience. The Republic of Korea has issued a number of stamps on folkloric themes. In a series of short articles over the next few months, I […]
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On November 1, 2024, Korea Post issued a commemorative postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the National Geographic Information Institute (NGII). This institute has played a pivotal role in Korea’s geospatial development since its official inception in 1974.
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 25 July 2025 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue showing “Royal Silk Flowers”. The stamps were issued in a sheet of 16 (4×4) stamps of 430 won. The stamps were printed by Brebner Printer for POSA.
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This article delves into the contributions of V. E. Clémencet, a French postal advisor who played a pivotal role in the development of the Korean Empire’s postal services in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. From training officials to advising on stamp production, Clémencet’s efforts helped modernize Korea’s postal infrastructure and expand its international […]
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When September arrives, the long-awaited “PHILAKOREA 2025 World Stamp Exhibition” will open at COEX’s new Magok Exhibition Hall, which debuted last November. Since social-distancing measures were eased in 2022, Korea Post, the Korea Post Business Headquarters, and the Korea Philatelic Federation agreed to organize “PHILAKOREA 2024” and have been preparing ever since. Various circumstances, however, […]
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I recently purchased an accumulation of mainly Japanese postal cards, some commercially or postally used and some with first day postmarks. In this accumulation was this sole Korean postal card. I like adding items like this to my collection especially if they are uprated with a stamp or stamps like the one below.
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The history of Korea’s Industrial Reconstruction definitive stamps from the 1950s continues to raise important questions among collectors and researchers alike. In a recent exchange between Suzuki Yasushi, Chairman of the Korea Stamp Research Group within the Japan Philatelic Society, and Korean experts Heo Jin and Ahn Gwanggyun, several longstanding uncertainties are explored: What was […]
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 9 July 2025 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue showing “Globally Endangered Species (CITES)”. The stamps were issued in a sheet of 16 (4×4) stamps of 430 won. The stamps were printed by Cartor for POSA.
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This month’s Woopyo Philatelic News offers readers a concise snapshot of the most significant events, exhibitions, and organizational updates shaping Korea’s vibrant stamp community—and its connections to the wider international philatelic world—as reported in the latest issue of Woopyo.
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In April 1882, Japan dispatched Kondo Masuki (近藤眞鋤), secretary of the Japanese legation, to serve as consul stationed in Incheon. When Incheon was opened as a port on January 1, 1883, a temporary consulate building was constructed at the site of today’s Incheon Open Port Museum (89 Sinpo-ro 23beon-gil, Jung-gu, Incheon = 9-2, Jungang-dong 1-ga, […]
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The 714th issue of Philatelic Monthly Woopyo opens with a brisk 발행 안내 / 편집실 (Publication Notice) that reminds readers the magazine has accompanied Korean philately for sixty years, and that this particular number is the last one with information written before September’s PHILAKOREA 2025 world exhibition. A companion feature, 새로 나오는 우표·우편날짜도장 – “New […]
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In 1986 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) seal program used twelve different images for the 1986 Christmas and TB seals. The different images are in sheets of fifty seals which have four sets of ten different seals depicting kite flying in Korea. In addition, in the middle of the sheet there are five sets […]
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 1 July 2025 KoreaPost issued a regular stamp issue showing a “White Porcelain Bottle with Auspicious-character and Orchid Design in Underglaze Cobalt Blue”. The stamps were issued in a sheet of 30 (5×6) stamps of 2830 won. The stamps were printed by KOMSCO (한국조폐공사).
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