Supporting Philatelists Since 1952
One of the largest collectors of revenue stamps worldwide was Joe Ross. It is unknown how many stamps from how many countries and organizations he owned, but he had a LOT of revenue stamps and documents with revenue stamps on them in his collection. Unfortunately he passed away a couple of years ago, but in […]
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 7 April 2023 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue commemorating “Danuri, Korea’s first lunar orbiter”. The stamp was also issued in a minisheet of 4 x 4 stamps (16), at 430 won each. The stamps were printed by Cartor for POSA.
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The KSS has published a new edition of the KSS magazine, Korean Philately, the first KP for 2023. As a member you can download this edition of Korean Philately for free as a PDF. And again, just as is the case with all issues for 2020, 2021 and 2022, you can own a full-colour magazine-style […]
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 30 March 2023 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue showing a “Folding Screen with the Ten Longevity Symbols”. The stamps were also issued in a minisheet of 2 x 10 stamps (16) and seals (4; see left and right in sheet), the stamps being 430 won each. The stamps were […]
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Once in a while we report on the KSS website on interesting items showing up in stamp auctions worldwide. Here are some of these items from the last few months from Cherrystone Auctions, Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner and Chiswick Auctions, plus some Ebay items related to the Korean War.
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 24 March 2023 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue commemorating “Korean Musicals”. The stamps were also issued in a minisheet of 2 x 6 stamps of 430 won each. The stamps were printed by Cartor for POSA.
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 22 March 2023 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of stamps showing “Natural Monuments”.
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 20 March 2023 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of stamps commemorating the “Military Parade Held in Celebration of the 75th Founding Anniversary of the Korean People’s Army”.
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 15 March 2023 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a stamp commemorating “Pyongyang Soju, the National Liquor of the DPRK”.
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Once in a while we report on the KSS website on interesting items showing up in stamp auctions worldwide. Here are some of these items from the last few months from Cherrystone Auctions, Corinphila Veilingen, AAK Phila GmbH and Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner.
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 22 February 2023 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue commemorating “Repatriated Cultural Heritage”. The stamps were also issued in a minisheet of 4 x 4 stamps of 430 won each. The stamps were printed by Royal Johan Enschedé for POSA.
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 17 February 2023 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of seven souvenir sheets and a sheetlet commemorating the “Successful Test Launch of the New-type ICBM Hwasongpho-17”.
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 16 February 2023 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of four stamps and a souvenir sheet commemorating the “81st Birthday of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il”.
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During a 2022 stamp auction a cover showed up with a strange seal on the back of it. The cover was posted in North Korea in 1955, sent to what was at the time Czechoslovakia. The sender was probably a member of the NNSC or “Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission”, the committee which was supposed to […]
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 11 February 2023 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of a stamp and a souvenir sheet commemorating the “Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea”.
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 10 February 2023 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue commemorating “Protecting Endangered Species in Korea-Cambodia REDD+ Joint Project Areas”. The stamps were also issued in a minisheet of 6 x 3 (18) stamps of 430 won each. The stamps were printed by Cartor for POSA.
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 27 January 2023 KoreaPost issued a stamp commemorating the “100th anniversary of the death of patriot Kim Sangohk”. The stamp was also issued in a minisheet of 16 stamps of 430 won each. The stamps were printed by Cartor for POSA.
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(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On 1 January 2023 the Korea Stamp Corporation issued a set of a stamp and a set of postal cards commemorating the “New Year Juche 112 (2023)”.
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 27 December 2022 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue commemorating the “200th Anniversary of the Birth of Louis Pasteur”. The stamps were also issued in a minisheet of 5 x 3 stamps of 430 won each. The stamps were printed by Royal Johan Enschedé for POSA.
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(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 16 December 2022 KoreaPost issued a stamp issue commemorating the “Succesful Launch of Nuri”. The stamps were also issued in a minisheet of 4 x 4 stamps of 430 won each. The stamps were printed by Cartor for POSA.
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