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In the December 1, 2024 Happenings Newsletter, I promised to follow up on the Korea National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA)’s novel approach to marking the 2024 Christmas seals, after I was able to obtain one of the “Mystery Limited Edition Christmas Seal Sheets”.
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In 1982 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) seal program again used the ten different seal design, with five sets of the ten different seals images with fifty seals to a sheet. The seals depict different sport events at the Olympics.
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Last July, I wrote an article about fake sheets of the unissued 1940 very rare Korea Christmas/TB seal that were being sold on eBay. The seller did state that they were forgeries by “Werner”. Now there are four more fakes blocks of very high value Korea and South Korea stamps being sold by the same […]
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In 1981 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) program changed the sheet format of from that of the 1980 seals back to the format of 1976 -1979 Christmas/TB seals, which had the seals with ten different images in a sheet, with five sets of ten seals with 50 seals to a sheet. The seals depict […]
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In 1980 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) program changed the sheet format of the 1976 -1979 Christmas/TB seals, which had the seals with ten different images in a sheet with 50 seals to a sheet, to sheets with five different designed seals. The five seals show five different stylized scenes of nature. The seals […]
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Many philatelists interested in Korea are disappointed to find that no Korean stamps were issued from 1905 to 1945, due to the Japanese occupation of Korea. However, there is much collectible philatelic material from this era, largely due to resident Western missionaries, who corresponded from the 1880s and produced charity seals from the 1930s.
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The Korean War began when North Korea launched a surprise attack on South Korea, crossing the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950. The South Korean military was taken completely by surprise and North Korea rapidly advanced southward, taking over Seoul in just few days on June 28,1950, and then taking control of Taejon (now Daejeon) […]
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In 1979 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) program once again used the same format of the 1976 -1978 Christmas/TB seals, producing the seals with ten different images. The ten seals are showing Korean children playing typical childhood games of Korea. The seals were printed in the format of sheets with 50 seals of five […]
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It’s intriguing to see Aldrich’s Auction 114 featuring a block of South Korea 94b, especially with Scott now listing new die varieties for this issue. The addition of 94b, 94c, and 94d raises questions about the source of this information and its accuracy in cataloging such distinctions.
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As members already know who frequent the Korea Stamp Society’s (KSS) website, my favourite area of philately is all things concerning the Korea Christmas/TB seals. I especially enjoy researching and collecting the Korean seals issued during the Japanese occupation of Korea. This time period was when Dr. Sherwood Hall issued Korea’s first Christmas/TB seals in […]
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In 1978 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) program once again used the same format of the 1976 and 1977 Christmas/TB seals, producing the seals with ten different images. The ten seals are very attractive, depicting flowers of Korea. The seals were printed in the format of sheets with 50 seals of five sets of […]
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In 1977 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) program used the same format of that of the 1976 Christmas/TB seals, producing the seals with ten different images. The ten seals are very attractive, depicting birds of Korea. The seals were printed in the format of sheets with 50 seals of five sets of the ten […]
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I noticed on eBay a sheet of “Christmas” seals that had images of Korean, Pakistani, English, Pilipino and E. African children which I had not seen before. It was issued by the Salvation Army in Batley, England, UK and I was curious why these seals were issued, and what was the history of these types […]
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In 1976 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) program changed the format of the Christmas/TB seals producing the seals with ten different images. The ten seals depict children’s paintings with various topics. The seals were printed in an interesting format of sheets with 50 seals of five sets of the ten seals, with the set […]
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In 1975 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) program again produced a design of a pair of Christmas/TB seals with only two different images. The two seals depict stylized ocean scenes with waves with a fish in one seal design and a bird in the other design. The seals were printed in sheets of 50 […]
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As in 1973, in 1974 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) program produced a design of a pair of Christmas/TB seals with only two different images. The two seals depict a stylized Christmas tree and the author does not know what the other image portrays, perhaps the image represents traditonal items common in Korea during […]
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As Korea Stamp Society (KSS) members who have been interested in Christmas/TB seals already know, there is a 1940 unissued Christmas and TB seal that was confiscated by the Japanese. There have been a number of articles about this seal on the KSS website, the last being on May 17, 2023. At that time there […]
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Recently the author found on eBay what look like some type of color proofs which are unknown to him. They were put up for sale by a general seller/dealer of stamps and artwork. They are imperforate small blocks of paper printed with various color images similar in type to South Korea’s 1965 issues to commemorate […]
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In 1973 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) program produced a design of the Christmas/TB seals with only two different images. The two seals depict a Korean boy and girl in traditional Korean dress. The seals were printed by lithography, in sheets of 100 and 50 seals, a souvenir sheet and it said that a […]
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In 1972 the Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) went back to a more simplified program with a design of a block of seals with four different images. The top two seals of the block depict a stylized rural scene, with the bottom pair depicting a stylized scene of a cow sleeping near a road with […]
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