Category: New Releases ROK

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 12 October 2018 KoreaPost released a stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of General Hong Bum Do’s birth. Hong Beom-do (August 27, 1868 – October 25, 1943), was a Korean independence activist born in Chasong, North Pyongan. Hong organized a resistance force named the Righteous Army during the Japanese occupation of […]

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 2 October 2018 KoreaPost released two commemorative stamps for “Postal Culture Week”, promoting the idea of writing letters by hand instead of typing letters on a computer. For us, philatelists, this is especially important: the small number of letters being written these days means most children never see an […]

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 1 October 2018 KoreaPost released a stamp commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On 10 December 1948 the United Nations adopted the text of the Universal Declaration, which became an official day (“Human Rights Day”) in South Korea in 1973. 

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 14 September 2018 KoreaPost released a stamp commemorating the 200th anniversary of Jeong Yakyong’s return from exile in the autumn of 1818 and publication of his best-known book Mokminsimseo (목민심서, 牧民心書) about how and why government officials should fight against poverty. 

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 12 September 2018 KoreaPost released a stamp commemorating the North-South Summit held earlier in 2018 between the presidents of both the DPRK and ROK. 

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 10 September 2018 KoreaPost released a stamp commemorating the 13th World Firefighters Games held in Chungju in 2018. 

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 3 September 2018 KoreaPost released a stamp commemorating the centennial of Chung-Ang University (중앙대학교) in Seoul. 

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 31 August 2018 KoreaPost released a stamp commemorating “The 19th World ARDF Championships” or “제19회 세계 전파방향탐지 선수권대회”. For more information on the ARDF Championships see the Korean Amateur Radio League (KARL) website. 

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 6 August 2018 KoreaPost released four stamps showing “Overseas Independence Movement Sites – footsteps of independent activists” or “해외 독립운동 유적지 – 독립운동가의 발자취”.

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 1 August 2018 KoreaPost released a new stamp with a value of 2130 won in the current regular issue series. The stamp shows a Korean jar made of white porcelain with a cobalt-blue pattern showing a dragon and clouds.