Korea Stamp Society / (국제)한국우표협회
Supporting Philatelists Since 1952
Examples of individual articles from Korean Philately magazine.
I attended the Rocky Mountain Stamp Show in Denver, Colorado. There at the show I was able to acquire a number of Korean stamps that I needed for my collection. I asked one dealer if he had any Korean stamps or stationery. He showed me what he had, including that block of 10 stamps (Scott’s […]
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Over the years many philatelists have written for the KSS magazine Korean Philately. In pre-internet days it was difficult to later find such information again. Here is an example of a short specialized article written by Joseph Comroe for the May 1971 edition of KP about the foreign mail postmarks used by the Busan/부산 (then […]
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At first glance, it would appear strange to find an article on Paquebot collecting in our publication, which deals primarily in the study of Korean philately. Nevertheless, the writer is certain that the readers will find it interesting, as after all, there is a distinct Korean flavor. Over a year ago I had an article […]
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The 3rd Asian Winter Games brought trouble twice to North Korean stamps. This started when the author noticed one stamp that had been recorded in the second edition of the North Korean Stamp Catalogue but has subsequently been deleted completely from the new, third edition published last year.
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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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Incheon International Airport in Korea is currently served by 70 airlines from all over the world. This is a far cry from a sole foreign flight by Northwest Airlines back in August, 1947. There have been many “first flights” by various airline carriers into and out of Seoul since then. However, leading up to the […]
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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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