KSS Korea Philately Editor, Author at Korea Stamp Society

KoreaPost stamp issue leaflets for 2018 (II)

November 9, 2019July 10, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor70Leave a Comment

Part II of our listing of the stamp issue leaflets released by KoreaPost in 2018 on the occasion of new stamp releases. These leaflets were printed to show both the stamps and the details of the stamps such as the date of issue, the numbers printed and the designers.

The 1951 provisional inflationary surcharge issues of Korea (1961): Part 1

November 4, 2019October 17, 2019 Charles Sandberg1331 Comment

The 1951 provisional Korean stamps were issued with overprinted inflationary denominations of 100, 200, and 300 won on the basic stamps whose values range from 4 to 100 won. These overprinted stamps afford not only an exciting challenge to the casual collector, but also an excellent opportunity for specialization by the most exacting connoisseur. Recent […]

KoreaPost stamp issue leaflets for 2018 (I)

November 2, 2019July 10, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor100Leave a Comment

With every stamp release, whether individual stamps or a series of stamps, KoreaPost releases an information leaflet, showing both the stamps and the details of the stamps such as the date of issue, the numbers printed and the designers. However, these leaflets are usually put online later than the first moment the stamps are listed […]

1946 Mail-North/South Korea

October 26, 2019July 22, 2019 Walter E. Monagan2321 Comment

As a member of the US Army Liaison Team accredited to the Soviet Army in North Korea, I made a number of trips between Seoul and Pyengyang by train. Usually I would buy North Korean stamps at the main Post Office in Pyengyang, manned by a few unenthusiastic Korean clerks. Sometimes I would put some […]

Where are all the post office forms? (1981)

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019 Robert C. Jones142Leave a Comment

A philatelist has been described as a collector afflicted with an insatiable curiosity about postal material in general and postal history of one particular area or era. For some 20 years, the post office forms illustrated have been part of a Korea collection. They are nothing special: most collectors need not concern themselves with such […]

Cut outs or die proofs or…? What are these items?

October 17, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor1857 Comments

The items shown here are “cut outs” according to Spink Auction. In their Spink China auction of May 2017 these five items were listed by Spink as “1884 First issue, set of five, colour die proof in white thick paper, toned spots.” They were sold for HK$20.000 (approx. 2300 EUR or 2550 USD).

The 2019 Christmas seals have been released!

October 15, 2019October 25, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor1852 Comments

The new Christmas seals for Christmas 2019 have been released by the Korea National Tuberculosis Association. The stamps feature Jeju island and the famous local diving women, the “haenyeo”. The sheet is for sale online through the KNTA website and costs 3.000 won (approx. 2,50 dollars / 2,30 EUR).

Chinese “Non Postal Value Souvenir Sheet” for Philakorea 1994

October 14, 2019August 17, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor1651 Comment

Many different types of philatelic products have been created over the years by many different organizations and individuals. In China the so-called “Non Postal Value Souvenir Sheets” are one specific example of a type of such a product. They were (and are?) created on a very large scale, but they are relatively unknown outside of […]

New Year’s Card Denomination Error and Correction

September 28, 2019September 28, 2019 Taizo Maeda175Leave a Comment

As reported in Oo-Pyou, an error in denomination was made in the New Year’s Greeting postcard issued late last year, subsequently followed by the release of a corrected card. However, the Oo-Pyou article did not have information on the first day cancellation of these cards. As can be seen in Figure 1, the original was […]

The “Corean Clown”: Tracing the history of a philatelic fantasy (1965)

September 18, 2019September 22, 2019 Helen K. Zirkle and John E. Strout203Leave a Comment

The strange looking label illustrated here has been around for a long time, as a matter of fact, since 1879, and for some reason it has become known to collectors of album weeds ad the “Corean Clown”. While its connection with the philately of Korea is remote, to say the least, the following facts concerning […]