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Stamp catalogues and other philatelic books related to Korean Philately.
In 2006 John Barefoot published his ” South East Asia Revenues” catalogue, a 287 page A4 sized book listing revenue stamps from a large part of Asia. Given that countries such as Korea and Japan are in this book the title should probably read as ” South and East Asia”, but never mind that: it […]
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The handbook and catalogue 한국우편요금계기인 or “Study of Meter Franking Stamps in Korea” was published by the 부산우취회 / Busan Philatelic Club in 1996 on the 40th anniversary of the founding of the BPC. Besides approx. 40 pages of explanations and introductions the handbook contains numerous pictures of individual meter marks and accompanying slogans, spread out over 288 […]
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In existence since 1976 the Korean Stamp Review is the magazine “authorized by KoreaPost” and published by the Korean Philatelic Center, which is also known for the Korea Postage Stamp Catalogue. In Korea it was available printed at high quality. Online the editions from 2002 – 2014 are still available.
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For the years 2015-2016 the Korean Philatelic Co. produced the regularly published Korean Postage Stamp Catalogue, the standard catalogue for Korean philately at the moment. The catalogue conforms to the usual setup: postal stamps in the first part of the catalogue, divided in commemorative stamps and regular stamps, and the specialties in the second half.
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(Korean Philately November 2006) The latest in a series of catalogues that goes back as far as 1958, the newest edition combines the stamp catalogue with the catalogue of postal stationary—the only previous edition of which, Korea Postal Stationery & Maxicard Catalogue 1948-1998, came out in 1999. Apart from the maximum cards, which have been dropped […]
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(Article comes with price increases and possible errors.) The KPC (Korean Postage Stamp Catalogue) has been published since nineteen aught (I-don’t-know-when), by the Korean Philatelic Co., Ltd. In Hangul/Korean, they go by the name of Oo-moon kwon. I first became familiar with their catalogue in 1991.
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(This text includes extra remarks by Peter Beck regarding this catalogue.) The KPC (Korean Postage Stamp Catalogue) has been published since nineteen aught (I-don’t-know-when), by the Korean Philatelic Co., Ltd. In Hangul/Korean, they go by the name of Oo-moon kwon. I first became familiar with their catalogue in 1991.
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