Supporting Philatelists Since 1952
As my Korean stamp collection grew, using commercially available quadrille blank sheets (Elbe, I think) and Showgard mounts, I arranged my mint stamps chronologically, but in simple rows and columns. Cancelled stamps, as there were many missing issues in my collection, were placed in a pre-printed album (probably from D.G. Phillips) using stamp hinges.
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Contents of Korean Philately Vol. VI No. 2; 4290 July 1. This was the July 1957 edition of the KP. Note the Korean style of dating the years: this system was used during the 1950s and early 1960s.
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(Originally from KP double number November 2012 / February 2013, Vol. 54 Nr. 4 / Vol. 55 Nr. 1) The following item sold on e-Bay on July 25, 2009, for US $961. The 5 ch Liberation South Korea postal stationery card (Figure 1) was revalued and overprinted in mid-1950 by occupying North Korea forces with a […]
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(Originally from KP May 2012, Vol. 54, No. 2) In the early years of the Korea Stamp Society there were frequent articles in Korean Philately as to whether Scott #1-5 (Figure 24) were ever legitimately used. See also Andrei Lankov’s article on page 13. From time to time I will follow the thread of this discussion […]
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(Originally from KP double number November 2012 / February 2013, Vol. 54 Nr. 4 / Vol. 55 Nr. 1) I’m member #85, and I am 73 years old. I have a few questions but you might not be able to answer all of them.
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The actual date for the founding of the Korea Stamp Society is a bit vague and a subject of discussion recently among the KSS Board of Directors. Veiled in mystery, can one of our old-timers shed some light on this arcane matter? The first issue of Korean Philately is dated October 1, 1951, edited by […]
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