KPC3845-3850: Dancheong Korean Traditional Multicolored Paintwork

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 17 September 2025 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue showing “Dancheong Korean Traditional Multicolored Paintwork”. The stamps were issued in a sheet of 12 stamps of 430 won and a sheetlet of 3 stamps of 1800 won. The stamps were printed by Brebner Print for POSA.

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KPC3830-3833: National Heritage in Korea, Royal Palaces Night Tour

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 29 August 2025 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue showing “National Heritage in Korea, Royal Palaces Night Tour”. The stamps were issued in a sheet of 16 (4×4) stamps of 430 won. The stamps were printed by Royal Joh. Enschedé for POSA.

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The Korea 1986 Christmas and New Year/TB Seals

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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Basic Classification of Korean Revenue Stamps (Part II)

The 2024 edition of the “Comprehensive Catalogue of Korean Stamps (KPSC)” includes several pages dedicated to revenue stamps starting from page 451. These include revenue stamps from the Joseon Dynasty, those issued in Korea up to the 2000s, as well as some series from the Japanese colonial period issued at the local level. However, these […]

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Basic Classification of Korean Revenue Stamps (Part I)

2024 marks the 400th anniversary of the issuance and use of revenue stamps globally. Invented in the Netherlands in 1623, revenue stamps were first used in the province of Holland in 1624. Since then, various forms and types of revenue stamps and excise stamps have been used by governments and quasi-governmental agencies worldwide, including Korea.

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