Ivo Spanjersberg, Author at Korea Stamp Society

KSC5295-5298: Historical Remains

December 12, 2020November 29, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg218Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 10 December 2020 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a series of stamps showing “historical remains of the Korean nation” such as several bronze works.

Post-war reconstruction of South Korea through 1973 tourism stamp

December 9, 2020June 5, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg209Leave a Comment

After the Korean War for well over a decade the economic development of South Korea was at a stand still. The country was considered an economic “basket case”. However, during Park Chung-hee’s reign the country began to grow rapidly. One visible effect were the many newly constructed roads and bridges, which featured a lot on […]

Postal cards for 2020 “National Stamp Exhibition” issued

December 4, 2020December 1, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg372Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 4 December 2020 KoreaPost issued a set of four postal cards to commemorate the 2020 National Stamp Exhibition (2020 전국우표전시회). These cards are the first new postal cards issued by KoreaPost in 2020, the most recent (previous) issue was for the 2019 stamp exhibition. Due to the corona virus […]

KPC3469-3470: New Year’s Greetings (Year of the Ox)

December 1, 2020December 11, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg6411 Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 1 December 2020 KoreaPost issued a set of 2 stamps for New Year 2021. This particular stamp series is an annual event, a tradition which KoreaPost has maintained for many decades now. The year 2021 will be the Year of the Ox (note: not the cow!).

KPC3465-3468: Philately Week

November 20, 2020November 22, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg499Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 20 November 2020 KoreaPost issued a series of stamps commemorating philatelic week in Korea. This is a yearly returning stamp series, which in different forms (for instance as “postal week”) has been around since the 1960s. The four stamps have all sorts of themes. KSC3465 is “when spring comes […]

KSC5299: Let us advance vigorously towards the Eighth Party Congress by making the flames of the 80-day campaign flare up!

November 17, 2020November 29, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg467Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 17 November 2020 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a stamp commemorating the 19th meeting of the Political Bureau. The KSC stated: “The 19th meeting of the Political Bureau of the Seventh Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea made a crucial decision to wage an 80-day […]

KSC5291-5294: Natural History Museum

November 12, 2020November 29, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg282Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 12 November 2020 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a series of stamps and maxicards showing the Natural History Museum and several prehistoric animals.

KPC3464: The 100th Anniversary of the Victory at the Battle of Cheongsanri

October 21, 2020October 21, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg550Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 21 October 2020 KoreaPost issued a stamp commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Victory at the Battle of Cheongsanri. This battle, more commonly known for the Chinese name of the same location as the Battle of Qingshanli, was fought over six days in October 1920 between the Imperial Japanese […]

KSC5286-5290: 75th Anniv. of Founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea

October 10, 2020October 1, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg509Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 10 October 2020 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a series of stamps and cards to commemorate the “75th Anniv. of Founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea“. The KSC states “The WPK founded by the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung has strengthened and developed into an […]

KPC3462-3463: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (Ssireum)

October 8, 2020October 21, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg4522 Comments

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 8 October 2020 KoreaPost issued a series of stamps commemorating the Korean sport of Ssireum (씨름), a form of wrestling. “Ssireum is a traditional folk game and sport of Korea in which two people, each grabbing the satba (belt made of long cotton cloth) wrapped around the other contestant’s […]

Korean Philately Vol. 56 No. 4 (Q4 2020)

September 30, 2020February 4, 2021 Ivo Spanjersberg7542 Comments

The KSS has published a new edition of the KSS magazine, Korean Philately, the fourth KP of 2020! As a member you can download this edition of Korean Philately for free as a PDF. And again, just as was the case with issues no. 1, no. 2 and no. 3 of this year, you can […]

KSC5282-5285: Wooden Stamps

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg7722 Comments

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 30 September 2020 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a series of stamps made out of wood. According to the KSC “the State Stamp Bureau of the DPRK has issued 4 wooden stamps reflecting the national symbols of the DPRK.” The wood from which the stamps have been […]

KPC3460-3461: 100th Anniversary of the Death of Martyr Yu Gwansun

September 28, 2020October 3, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg532Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 28 September 2020 KoreaPost issued two stamps (with accompanying sheets) commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of “Martyr Yu Gwansun”. According to her Wikipedia lemma, Yu Gwansun (Ryu Gwansun) was an organizer in what would come to be known as the March 1st Movement against Imperial Japanese colonial […]

KPC3459: 2480 won value (regular issue)

September 23, 2020September 25, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg463Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 23 September 2020 KoreaPost released one new stamp for the current regular stamp series with a value 2480 won. This stamp was introduced to fit in with recent changes in the pricing of postal services.

KSC5279-5280: Historical Relics

September 18, 2020September 30, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg417Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 18 September 2020 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a series of stamps showing “historical relics”. The KSC writes “Historical relics including Nam Gate of Taesongsan Fortress and Kwangbop Temple are the valuable treasures of the country showing the time-honoured history and brilliant culture of the Korean nation […]

KPC3455-3458: The style of the hanbok

September 4, 2020October 3, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg579Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 4 September 2020 KoreaPost issued a series of stamps commemorating traditional Korean clothes, known as hanbok. In this particular case the styles are all male hanbok styles from the 1500s to the 1900s. A version showing hanbok for women was released in 2019.

Soviet-era singer on a 1999 Russian stamp shows history of Korean people in USSR

August 29, 2020July 20, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg5922 Comments

For philatelists interested in the subject of “Korea” the link between Koreans living in the former Soviet Union and philately has to do mainly with the subject of mail sent to (North) Korea from Sakhalin. Until 1945 the south of the island was part of the Japanese empire and when the Japanese evacuated the southern […]

KSC5281: Commemoration of the 60th Anniv. of the Establishment of the Diplomatic Relations between the DPRK and the Republic of Cuba

August 29, 2020August 29, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg661Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 29 August 2020 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a stamp series to commemorate the “60th Anniv. of the Establishment of the Diplomatic Relations between the DPRK and the Republic of Cuba”. The image is described by the KSC as “Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the […]

Propaganda letter sent to North Korean students in Moscow

August 26, 2020May 23, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg5411 Comment

The article “Military Postal Correspondence: Korean War, Korean Army Mail to the Soviet Union” by Peter Corson shows a series of North Korean military covers from a philatelic exhibit. But what were these covers about? And what message was sent through such a cover?

Series of alcohol tax revenue stamps sample pages show up on Kobay

August 19, 2020May 18, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg521Leave a Comment

In recent months a seller on Kobay has been selling individual pages with sample revenue stamps on them. The pages seem to be a 1960s/1970s set of samples which were sent to relevant authorities to be able to check which stamps were needed for which product. But who knows more about these stamps? Or has […]