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KPC3421: The 100th National Sports Festival

September 26, 2019September 21, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg374Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 20 September 2019 KoreaPost issued a stamp titled “The 100th National Sports Festival”. The Korean National Sports Festival is an annual sports competition held in South Korea. For a full week each October, about 20,000 athletes representing 16 cities and provinces throughout the country compete in about 40 separate […]

KPC3420: 70th Anniversary of the R.O.K. Air Force

September 20, 2019September 21, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg90Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 20 September 2019 KoreaPost issued a stamp titled “70th Anniversary of the R.O.K. Air Force”. The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of South Korea, operating under the South Korean Ministry of National Defense.

KPC3416-3419: The style of the hanbok

September 9, 2019September 10, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg314Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 9 September 2019 KoreaPost issued a series of four stamps showing how the hanbok, the traditional clothes of Korea, changed over the centuries. The stamps were issued for the new first class postal rate of 380 won.

KPC3414-3415: Korea-Croatia Joint Issue

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg2068 Comments

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 29 August 2019 KoreaPost issued two stamps commemorating the relationship between Korea and Croatia through a joint issue of two stamps at the new value of 380 won.

KPC3398-3413: Taegeukgi in history

August 14, 2019August 18, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg341Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 14 August KoreaPost released a series of stamps commemorating the different shapes and colours of the Taegeukgi, the national symbol and flag of Korea.

KPC3394-3397: 5th Tourism Series

August 6, 2019August 18, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg508Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 6 August 2019 KoreaPost issued a series of stamps showing “must visit places” in Korea. This is the fifth series of stamps in the Tourism Series showing places in Korea known for their outstanding beauty or their historical significance. The stamps were issued for the new first class postal […]

KPC3392-3393: Korea – India Joint Issue

July 30, 2019August 3, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg8511 Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 30 July 2019 KoreaPost released two stamps as a joint stamp issue with India. Because these stamps are a joint issue, the stamps have two designers: from Korea Shin Jae-yong (신재용), who is a prolific stamp designer, and from India Sankha Samantha, known for his Gandhi stamps.

KPC3391: 18th FINA World Championships – Gwangju

July 12, 2019July 2, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg320Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 12 July 2019 KoreaPost released a stamp commemorating the 18th FINA World Championships, held in Gwangju from July 12-28 2019. According to the FINA website “The Organisers have announced that about 4,500 athletes and officials from around 190 countries have registered for the World Championships, the largest ever hosted […]

KPC3388-3390: 380 / 470 / 2180 won values (regular issues)

July 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg459Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 1 July 2019 KoreaPost released three new stamps for the current regular stamp series with values of 380, 470 and 2180 won. These stamps were introduced to fit in with recent changes in the pricing of postal services. For instance, 50 won were added to the basic rate (25 […]

KPC3386-3387: Modern Korean Figures (Singers)

June 21, 2019June 22, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg198Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 21 June 2019 KoreaPost released two stamps commemorating two Korean singers as part of the “Modern Korean Figures” (현대한국인물) series.