Stewart Steres, Author at Korea Stamp Society

South Korean booklets and color bars (III)

January 16, 2019November 23, 2018 Stewart Steres1143Leave a Comment

This is Part 3 of the BOOKLETS WITH COLOR BARS article. On 1/24/1994 the Ministry issued the first “Portable Booklet” to commemorate the 21st U.P.U. Congress (3rd issue). This issue started the color bars for a total of 15 issues through 3/27/1996. All of these were in the “Portable Booklet” format. For explanation see part […]

South Korean booklets and color bars (II)

December 8, 2018November 24, 2018 Stewart Steres1191Leave a Comment

This is Part 2 of the BOOKLETS WITH COLOR BARS article. On 1/24/1994 the Ministry issued the first “Portable Booklet” to commemorate the 21st U.P.U. Congress (3rd issue). This issue started the color bars for a total of 15 issues through 3/27/1996. All of these were in the “Portable Booklet” format. For explanation see part […]

South Korean booklets and color bars (I)

November 5, 2018October 14, 2018 Stewart Steres1478Leave a Comment

Since 1956 South Korea sporadically issued “Official Booklets” of a few of their definitive stamps. The three issued through 1974 (7/20/1956, 7/25/1958 and 4/20/1974) contained 5 panes of 6 stamps each. The two issued 9/30/1981 contained 1 pane of 16 (8×2) each and the one issued 11/15/1984 had 1 pane of 10 (5×2).

Mystery Booklet

April 22, 2018August 21, 2019 Stewart Steres17531 Comment

(Originally from KP May 2012, Vol. 54, No. 2) On this page is another mystery booklet. On the cover (Figure 2a) next to the cathedral and under the Korean writing, are the words: “Centennial Anniversary of Special Envoy to the Hague.” On the back of the cover (Figure 2d) in the lower left is the […]