Maynard Redeker, Author at Korea Stamp Society

Korean Philatelic Center – Standing Order Accounts

September 26, 2020August 22, 2020 Maynard Redeker155614 Comments

In 1984 I established a standing order account with the Korean Philatelic Center (KPC) for all new commemorative and definitive stamp issues including souvenir sheets. This account was initiated by writing a personal check in $US to the KPC with a payee as instructed. I am not fluent in Korean so the process used was […]

Korean Stamp Album Pages

July 21, 2019October 16, 2019 Maynard Redeker532014 Comments

During the course of collecting South Korean stamps since 1983 the problem of how to store the collection is always a difficult one. Stamp album page published by various companies are the traditional method for keeping a collection for easy access and viewing. Using Showgard or comparable stamp mounts preserves the stamps well but the […]

South Korean souvenir sheets by the numbers

November 17, 2018November 11, 2018 Maynard Redeker22916 Comments

KPSC collectors often focus their attention on specific topics, issues or themes. Besides these traditional aspects of collecting there are also other interesting features worth considering. Two examples are shown in this text. One shows the number of souvenir sheets issued each year by the KPSC since 1965. The second chart shows the change in […]

KPSC 2019 Edition: a member’s experience

July 30, 2018August 22, 2020 Maynard Redeker1868Leave a Comment

For those collectors that wish to have a Korean postage stamp catalogue I can highly recommend the latest 2019 edition of the Korean Postage Stamp Catalogue. It is easy to find the ordering information in English using the eBay search engine and entering “Korean Stamp Catalogue”. I placed an order on July 2 and the […]

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