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On December 9, 2022, two issues of “KBO League Legends 40” My Own Stamps were released, which are Korea’s first card-type My Own Stamps. According to Notice No. 2022-241 of November 21, 2022 by the Korea Post (우정사업본부), these stamps were not sold at post offices. Instead, advance reservations were carried out only through the […]
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Busan Yeongdo Post Office (Postmaster Park Hae-sook) has released a special “My Own Stamp” sheet called “Beautiful Island, Yeongdo Story.” This commemorative sheet highlights the scenic island of Yeongdo in Busan and showcases its major attractions, including Yeongdo Bridge—the only bascule bridge in Korea. Each stamp beautifully captures the charm and history of this coastal […]
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Korean girl-bands (and boy-bands) are very popular in East Asia. So popular that pretty much anything with one of these bands on them will sell. However, one wonders whether these publicity examples from KoreaPost actually helped selling more “My Own Stamps” stamps.
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Currently KoreaPost offers “My own stamp” (나만의 우표) sheets with postage stamps only in the sheets, with the exception of one very large “seal” in these sheets. Three colourful examples of the possible configurations can be found on the ePost website. In these three sheets all the smaller stamps are actual postage stamps, but can […]
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Stray cats in South Korea are known as 길고양이 or “road cats” (meaning stray cats). Until very recently Koreans didn’t really keep pets; dogs were for protection and cats were use-less in general. Now everybody wants a pet, until they are no longer fun, which is when they get “released” into the street. Cats and […]
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Since 2000 KoreaPost has given the public the option to make their own stamp sheets, a bit like Royal Mail did until recently. These sheets can be very colourful and are often given by companies to other companies or individuals. The examples shown here show sheets containing fourteen 250 won stamps (KPSC nr. U20) each. […]
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The 2000 National Postage Stamp Exhibition was held from August 2 through 7, 2000, at the First Exhibition Room of the Pacific Hall on the first floor of the Convention and Exhibition Center (COEX) at Samsung-dong, Kangnam-gu, Seoul.
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