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The October 2026 issue of Woopyo offers a particularly broad cross-section of the Korea Philatelic Federation’s activities and collecting interests. Its centre of gravity is firmly in Korean postal history and traditional philately: Korean War military mail, the production and delivery of Korea’s first stamps, the provisional overprints of the immediate post-Liberation period, Japanese postal […]
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After the Imo Soldiers’ Riot (임오군란, 1882), the “Regulations for Maritime and Overland Trade Between Korean and Chinese Merchants” (조청상민수륙무역장정, 商民水陸貿易章程, October 1882) were concluded, which significantly increased China’s economic influence. Following this, the Gapsin Coup (갑신정변, 1884) created political turmoil in Joseon, while Chinese interference in domestic affairs intensified further. Having lost political influence […]
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 9 September 2026 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of stamps titled “Do Prosper Forever, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea!”
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The September 2026 issue of Woopyo, published on 1 September by the Korea Philatelic Federation (한국우취연합), has an unusually broad range. Its contents move from current Korean stamp issues and exhibition affairs to detailed studies of Korean postal history, the Munwi stamps, post-Liberation provisional overprints and postal stationery. Alongside these are articles on tourist datestamps, […]
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 20 August 2026 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set showing “Posters”.
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Up to now, this series has covered the various public notices issued prior to the establishment of the temporary postal agencies, along with the installation of such agencies in the various counties and revisions to the related early regulations. Beginning with this installment, I will introduce materials primarily from my own collection.
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Woo Jang-choon (우장춘) was a world-renowned plant breeder who worked in Japan. As an agronomist researching breeding science, a field that combined genetics and crop improvement, he conducted research from 1937 at the research farm of Takii Seed Company in Japan, where he worked on improving vegetable seeds such as cabbage, radish, and Chinese cabbage. […]
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 10 August 2026 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of stamps showing “Songs”.
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The August 2026 issue of Woopyo, issue no. 727, was published on 1 August by the Korea Philatelic Federation (한국우취연합). Its contents range from Korean Empire postal administration and the production history of the first Korean stamps to Korean War military mail, post-liberation overprints, international exhibition practice, postal stationery and thematic collecting. Research into Korean […]
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A collection of South Korean stamps formed by Robert C. Jones (1915-1999), one of the most active members of the Korea Stamp Society during its early decades, will be offered by Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions in August 2026. The collection appears as Lot 1513 in Kelleher Sale 851, Collections, Stocks & Accumulations of the World. […]
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The boy who, in childhood, would hold a single stamp and gaze at it endlessly has, before he knew it, spent more than half a century with stamps, engraving many memories into his mind and arriving at the present day. Just as the phrase from a public-interest advertisement once seen on television said, “A book […]
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In general, POW mail was an arrangement operated under the supervision of the camp commander (POW administrator), serving as a humanitarian system that allowed prisoners to send and receive letters. Today, it is widely used in various thematic philatelic exhibits. The basic principles of POW mail were established in the annex of the Convention with […]
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Before email became the preferred tool of direct marketers, one of the most common ways to solicit orders or gather commercial leads was by sending large quantities of business-to-business mail through the postal system. For postal operators this was a significant source of revenue, and advertising cards, circulars, reply cards and enquiry forms were a […]
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 11 July 2026 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a stamp commemorating the “65th Anniv. of Conclusion of the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the DPRK and the PRC”.
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 10 July 2026 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a stamp commemorating that “Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of WPK and President of State Affairs of DPRK, Meets Comrade Xi Jinping, General Secretary of Central Committee of CPC and President of PRC, in Pyongyang”.
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The following news items are translated from the July 2026 issue of Woopyo Magazine, the monthly philatelic magazine published in Korea. The news section was compiled and written by Jin Hur, who regularly reports on activities within the Korean philatelic community, including meetings of the Korea Philatelic Federation, preparations for national exhibitions, and new stamp-related […]
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The July 2026 issue of Woopyo is a particularly substantial number for readers interested in Korean postal history. While it contains the magazine’s usual mixture of new-issue information, society news, international philatelic notes, thematic material and auctions, its real strength lies in a group of serious Korean philatelic studies. These range from early international postal […]
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When the Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the Russian Pacific Fleet stationed at Port Arthur (旅順港) on February 8, 1904, thereby igniting the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese government established the “Regulations on Military Mail” (Imperial Ordinance No. 19) and the “Military Mail Rules” (Ministry of Communications Official Notice No. 6). These measures allowed […]
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(Editor’s Note: Years ago when scanning the membership list it seemed to us that there were only 12 current members with numbers below 100. We suggested to Ye Treas that he do a “short article” on the 12 — the “Dirty Dozen?” – – and he eventually responded with this happily long report on the […]
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The June 2026 issue of Woopyo is a substantial and varied number, but its centre of gravity lies clearly in Korean postal history and the study of difficult transitional material. The issue opens with Ryu Sang-beom’s (류상범) opinion article, “Hoping for the Success of the 2026 Korea Stamp Exhibition” (2026 대한민국우표전시회의 성공을 바라며), a timely […]
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