Korea Stamp Society

The types of “unissued” or otherwise irregular stamps of the DPRK

July 17, 2021April 10, 2021 Chen Yi-Fu7969 Comments

In early 2019 I wrote an article for the KSS about “unissued” DPRK stamps. This showed that, in addition to the regular issued stamps, there were (and are still) many “disappeared” or “re-appeared” stamps in DPRK’s philatelic history. This short refresher article gives a bit more information as to why these stamps were treated the […]

First Korean photo gravure stamp issued (1969)

June 30, 2021August 20, 2021 David Phillips7782 Comments

On May 1, 1969 the Republic of Korea released its first postage stamp produced by means of newly installed photogravure printing equipment. The 7W blue regular stamp features the flag of Korea. The photogravure production represents a distinct advance over the lithographed stamps which have been produced by the Korean Government Printing Agency since the […]

Addendum to the 1960 Korea Mr. La’s Children’s Savings Stamp Design

December 7, 2019October 12, 2019 Robert (Bob) Finder1054Leave a Comment

(Including the mystery of which 1 won Bee design is the rarest one?) It is important to note that Mr. La’s design for the Children’s Savings stamp issue was used again from 1962-4. This is another series of the stamps that can be confusing to collectors because of the type of different paper used in […]

More on Sample Stamps of Korea

March 20, 2018August 21, 2019 Lyman Hale16551 Comment

In attending a human relations program some time in the past one of the instructors taught us that to assume (ass-u-me) is to make an “ass of you and me.” Unfortunately, there is much too much assuming in the world of philately, where the facts are not known and an assumption is made.