Korea Stamp Society

South Korea’s Early Proof and Presentation Sheets Addendum

September 2, 2020March 5, 2021 Robert (Bob) Finder14722 Comments

One area of collecting of Korean philatelic material that is out of reach financially (and availability) are the proof and presentation sheets that South Korea issued in very limited numbers beginning with the 1946 set honouring the Liberation from the Japanese. These were never listed in Scott’s because they were not sold to the public […]

Korean cartoon “Gobau Inspiration” (1950 – 2000)

August 12, 2020May 17, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg1255Leave a Comment

“고바우 영감” or “Gobau Inspiration” was a cartoon series created by Kim Sung-hwan (김성환) wich first appeared in the weekly magazine Manga Shinbo (만화신보) in 1950. From February 1, 1955 Gobau was serialized in the Dong-a Ilbo, an important national newspaper. In 1980, the cartoon moved after 25 years to the Chosun Ilbo, another national […]

Souvenir Sheet Prices (1961)

November 23, 2019August 17, 2019 Lyman Hale13835 Comments

When new Souvenir Sheets come out, at the issuing post offices there is a line-up outside of the crowds of people who are trying to get them. At 8 .30 AM, a P. O. official will then come out and hand out slips of paper specially marked which allow the owner to then go in […]

The Beginning of “Special Sheets”

October 5, 2019October 5, 2019 Harold Penn1093Leave a Comment

It seems that as an afterthought, a commemorative stamp and souvenir sheet were issued on 20 May 1958 honoring “The 2nd Postal Week”, with no 1st Postal Week stamp issue in sight. The following year, 1959, in celebration of the 3rd Postal Week a new philatelic class of item was generated (on 20 May 1959); […]

Stamp folder with 2007 Yi Jun stamp sheet shows up

July 6, 2019May 2, 2021 Ivo Spanjersberg18741 Comment

On a recent visit to the Yi Jun Peace Museum in The Hague (The Netherlands) something unknown showed up: a presentation folder of the 2007 stamps commemorating the centenary of the unfortunate death of Yi Jun in The Hague in 1907, a subject written about before in Korean Philately magazine.

The 1957 Boy Scout and 1958 Second Postal Week Issues

February 9, 2019January 21, 2019 Robert (Bob) Finder18102 Comments

Korean Philately (KP) had a very interesting article about two souvenir sheets in the 1974 Volume 3 issue about the 1957 Boy Scout and the 1958 Second Postal Week sheets. Each of these sheets has a variety that is very rare and these varieties are missing in most of the Korean collections. This author would […]

Different perforations for same stamps?

December 12, 2018January 2, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg1124Leave a Comment

An envelope sent to me by a Korean stamp dealer showed me something I hadn’t thought about before: the exact same stamp with different perforations. The envelope comes with four different souvenir sheets related to (philatelic) exhibitions, the Word Fair EXPO 93 in Taejeon in 1993 and the international philatelic exhibition known as PhilaKorea in […]

Reader’s Question: Printing Error on Scott’s #1927?

December 5, 2018May 14, 2019 George E. Corbin12382 Comments

I attended the Rocky Mountain Stamp Show in Denver, Colorado. There at the show I was able to acquire a number of Korean stamps that I needed for my collection. I asked one dealer if he had any Korean stamps or stationery. He showed me what he had, including that block of 10 stamps (Scott’s […]

South Korean souvenir sheets by the numbers

November 17, 2018November 11, 2018 Maynard Redeker21006 Comments

KPSC collectors often focus their attention on specific topics, issues or themes. Besides these traditional aspects of collecting there are also other interesting features worth considering. Two examples are shown in this text. One shows the number of souvenir sheets issued each year by the KPSC since 1965. The second chart shows the change in […]

The Unusual Souvenir Sheet of 1966

October 4, 2018September 22, 2018 Robert (Bob) Finder16141 Comment

The souvenir sheet (S/S) issued by Korea on June 13, 1966 is one of the most unusual Korean stamps in my opinion, in that it has been issued to commemorate an event. I have a little background information that I am putting into this article, but I hope that some reader may enlighten us with […]

The Four Categories of Korean Souvenir Sheets

June 15, 2018January 15, 2019 Lyman Hale1500Leave a Comment

(Originally from KP double number November 2012 / February 2013, Vol. 54 Nr. 4 / Vol. 55 Nr. 1) Korean souvenir sheets fall into various categories depending on how it is used and then a value is put on that category. Most of us put the SS into two groups; it is either mint or […]

나만의 우표 / “My Own Stamps” examples from Jeju

February 6, 2018December 29, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg3433Leave a Comment

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. […]

“MY OWN STAMP” program is launched

January 2, 2018December 29, 2019 Harold Penn13831 Comment

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.