General Philatelic News Archives — Korea Stamp Society

PostNews shows New Year 2020 greeting cards

November 24, 2019November 20, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor102Leave a Comment

PostNews, one of the websites maintained in the KoreaPost family of postal websites, released images of the series of New Year greetings cards for 2020. The (Chinese/Korean) year 2020, starting on January 25 2020, is the Year of the (Metal) Rat. Several of the cards therefore show a rat/mouse, but other images are available.

Illustrator of 2019 Christmas seals interviewed

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg1591 Comment

The Korean National Tuberculosis Association interviewed the illustrator who created this year’s Christmas seals, Ahn Sol (안솔). The seals show the Haenyeo (해녀) of Jeju island, the women who dive for seafood around the coast of the island. Ahn Sol created the artwork for the seals while staying for a couple of months on the […]

The 2019 Christmas seals have been released!

October 15, 2019October 25, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor1682 Comments

The new Christmas seals for Christmas 2019 have been released by the Korea National Tuberculosis Association. The stamps feature Jeju island and the famous local diving women, the “haenyeo”. The sheet is for sale online through the KNTA website and costs 3.000 won (approx. 2,50 dollars / 2,30 EUR).

KoreaPost commemorates 100 years of independence movement

September 11, 2019July 16, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor192Leave a Comment

KoreaPost is calling upon Koreans to remember all things related to the “independence for Korea” movement. Because many of the people and symbols related to the struggle for independence have been featured on stamps KoreaPost can show a lot of examples from the past. It’s all in Korean, but even without any knowledge of Korean […]

KNTA shows Sherwood Hall’s turtle ship drawing

September 7, 2019August 19, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor3361 Comment

In a recent blog post the 대한결핵협회 / Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) shows Sherwood Hall’s turtle ship drawing, which was a subject proposed for his first Christmas seals. In the end this idea was not used and another seal was released. Interestingly this version of the drawing is slightly different from the one in […]

Another Strong Market Result for A Korean Christmas/TB Seals

August 31, 2019August 31, 2019 Robert Finder201Leave a Comment

I had just written about the very strong market for the rare Korean Christmas and TB seal on August 4, 2019 with two 1953 sheets selling for around $2000 each on eBay. Now a pair of the very rare unissued Dr. Hall 1940 seal has just sold for US$2600. One of the pair was damaged […]

Stamp Museum Exhibition: “Taegeukgi in History” (10 Aug. – 29 Sept.)

August 27, 2019August 25, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg4112 Comments

If you happen to be in Seoul in the next month and wondering what to do as philatelist: why not visit the special exhibition on the Taegeukgi? The Korean Stamp Museum released images showing their newest exhibit which coincides with the new stamp series issued by KoreaPost on the same theme.

KNTA suggests 2019 Christmas seal design

August 25, 2019August 25, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg2891 Comment

A Dutch footballer famously once said approx. “you will only see it if you understand it“. This is true of Korean blogs as well: sometimes you really have to read on before you notice there is something important being said. Take a recent blog post on Korean National Tuberculosis Association’s Facebook page.

POSA: To The Lighthouse!

August 23, 2019August 25, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor2182 Comments

POSA (the Korea Postal Service Agency / 한국우편사업진흥원) has released a series of lighthouse related graphics on the K-stamp Facebook page. The graphics show tourism related cancellations with Korean lighthouses shown in the cancellation. According to POSA “it’s a journey along the country’s lighthouses by tourist datestamp”.

KNTA also celebrates independence day

August 18, 2019August 18, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor428Leave a Comment

The 대한결핵협회 / Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA), known for issuing the Korean Christmas seals since 1949, also published some materials related to both the March 1 movement of 1919, 80 years ago, as well as the 74th anniversary of Korean independence from Japan in 1945. That’s a lot of anniversaries in one sentence!