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The Korea Stamp Museum in Pyongyang in 2012-2013

January 12, 2022November 20, 2021 Leo van der Velden4252 Comments

The Stamp Museum of Pyongyang is housed in a specially built three-floor building next to the well-known Koryo Hotel in downtown Pyongyang. The front of the building is designed in the shape of a stamp. In front of the building stands a bronze statue of a dove holding a postcard while flying around the earth […]

My postal experiences in the DPRK 2012 – 2013

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 Leo van der Velden5512 Comments

From early August 2012 to the end of November 2013 I was stationed in Pyongyang (DPRK) for the World Food Program of the United Nations. Because of the limited international internet access allowed to the WFP national staff in the DPRK (mainly seconded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs). There is also a WFP DPRK […]