Korea Stamp Society / (국제)한국우표협회
Supporting Philatelists Since 1952
Examples of individual articles from Korean Philately magazine.
A report from 15 years ago. The battered cover, reduced on bottom, is addressed to the Italian Consul at Yokohama, in syllabics ka-ru-?ya (not probably a “Carlo…”). Sender is the Japanese consulate at Pusan/Korea.
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The end of the Korean War is already more than half a century in the past, and much of the philatelic activity engendered by that conflict has been extensively described and consolidated. A major aspect, however, has escaped attention until very recently. The Korean Stamp Catalogue, published by the Korean Stamp Corporation in Pyongyang, contains […]
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In KP Vol. 50 Nr. 4 (November 2005) Florian Eichhorn wrote a short article about a mysterious cancellation. This is shown here again, with some new information and a remarkable new 2018 addition.
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(Originally from KP double number November 2012 / February 2013, Vol. 54 Nr. 4 / Vol. 55 Nr. 1) In some interviews after the missile test last month [December, 2012], I mentioned in passing that North Korea had featured its missiles on postage stamps. The reporters were invariably surprised. Our man in Seoul, Jae-sung Ryu, […]
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Hasegawa’s new revenue catalogue does not include those stamps issued in the U.S. in U.S. dollars. Figures 1 and 2 illustrate two such stamps, denominated $10, and contained in my own passport that has now expired and has been cancelled. The stamps were used to verify payment of visa fees. One has a serial number, […]
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Illustrated below are two copies of DPRK 1356 (Scott’s), one with the 15ch denomination (right), but the other without any indication of denomination (left). I have no recollection about how these came into my hands. If anyone has any additional information about this apparent error, I’d appreciate hearing from them.
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In the Korean Philately of August 2005 a short correspondence between Greg Todd and Robin Ko from Robin Philatelics was published. They corresponded regarding a version of a North Korean stamp sheet which Greg Todd had seen in an auction but which looked rather distinct.
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Before his death, Frank Allard was an ongoing source of interesting postcards reflecting Korean history. Here are the remaining items provided by Frank. I hope you enjoy them. Frank was not always clear about what fronts and backs go together; we hope we have them matched correctly!
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I have found the collecting of Korean revenue stamps to be very challenging. Revenue stamps have not been much valued in South Korea, itself, and, until the publication of Stephen Hasegawa’s The Standard Catalogue of Korean Revenue Stamps in 2005, there was not a good resource for identifying Korean revenue stamps. (Hasegawa’s catalogue will be […]
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In 1967, Seoul police broke up a large counterfeiting ring that included post office officials. The group had forged 20-won, 40w, 50w and 100w definitives, sold by clerks who received a commission on their sales. Forgeries amounted to about 10 percent of sales for several months at some post offices. As with most postal forgeries, […]
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