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Category: First Day Covers

Return of Chinese prisoners of war (1954)

September 29, 2021April 25, 2021 Walter Haveman3714 Comments on Return of Chinese prisoners of war (1954)

Towards the end of the Korean War the issue of when and where to repatriate prisoners of war was a major problem. One year after the release in January 1954 from prisoner-of-war camps of Chinese troops in South Korea, Taiwan (or the “Republic of China”/ROC) issued a series of special stamps. The 1955 official Taiwan […]

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Usage Of Recently Issued Commemoratives? (2)

September 5, 2018June 2, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg13652 Comments on Usage Of Recently Issued Commemoratives? (2)

Recently when I bought some stamps from a Korean dealer through Ebay I received an envelope with some very recently issued commemoratives on it. This time the same seller went further and not only used the most recent stamps issued, but he actually created an FDC while doing so! 

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Korean FDC’s: “Trying to fill in the blanks”

February 7, 2018September 30, 2018 F. L. Korean1470Leave a Comment on Korean FDC’s: “Trying to fill in the blanks”

“Korea’s Special Souvenir Card for the Gold Medal Winners of the 1960 Olympics” was a neat little historical item in Korean Philately, (November 1997, page 8) contributed by KSS member Jack Kay. The article reminded me of an episode in my early Korean collecting-life. 

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