Korea Stamp Society

Dr. Hall’s Indian Christmas Seals (Part I)

March 20, 2021January 1, 2021 Steven Zwillinger53Leave a Comment

While visiting the Korean Stamp Society website, I noticed that the Society is considering a special edition of KP to include Dr. Sherwood Hall’s TB seal program in Korea through 1940. This piqued my interest as one of my interests is Dr. Hall’s TB seal program in India from 1941 through the early 1950s. When […]

Special edition of Korean Philately on Christmas Seals 1932-1952 proposed

November 4, 2020March 5, 2021 Robert Finder398Leave a Comment

Korea Stamp Society’s (KSS) current Publisher/Webmaster, Ivo Spanjersberg, and I are working on issuing a special edition of the Korean Philately (KP). Originally we believed we would prepare a book or ”monogram” that would just cover Dr. Sherwood Hall’s Tuberculosis/Christmas and New Year’s seal program that occurred during the period of 1932-1940.

Update on the Korea 1940 Unissued Dr. Hall’s Tuberculosis (TB)/Christmas and New Year Seal

October 3, 2020March 5, 2021 Robert Finder541Leave a Comment

We saw in the article posted on the Korea Stamp Society’s (KSS) website on January 23, 2020, that there had been the exciting find of two covers sent from Korea with the unissued 1940 TB/Christmas and New year seal. These were found in the USA by a member of the family of a Christian missionary […]

Korean National Tuberculosis (TB) Association Presentation Booklet 2014

September 12, 2020March 5, 2021 Robert Finder533Leave a Comment

Recently I joined the Christmas Seal & Charity Stamp Society, and as a result a fellow Aussie, Mr. Ivan Krell, who collects Christmas seals, contacted me to see if we could exchange any Christmas seals. He wasn’t aware of our Korea Stamp Society, so now he has access to some more detailed information about Korean […]

New Plate Fault Indentified on Korea Methodist Anniversary Seal

August 8, 2020July 18, 2020 Robert Finder316Leave a Comment

I am pleased to announce that due to the sharp eyes of our former Chairman (and current Publisher) that a new consistent plate fault on the Korea 1934 Methodist Anniversary Seal can be announced. This seal was designed by Dr. Sherwood Hall. While there is no value number on the seal itself, it sold for […]

Cover from Dr. Chang-mo Moon Sent In 1953 Is Discovered

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 Robert Finder356Leave a Comment

To my great surprise, as I was scanning some philatelic material related to Korea’s awareness program to fight tuberculosis (TB) for an upcoming publication, I discovered a cover apparently sent by Dr. Chang-mo Moon in 1953. The cover has a 1953 Korea TB seal pasted on the back of the envelope, which would have been […]

More About Dr. Hall’s Stamp Collecting And Missionaries in Korea

July 18, 2020June 12, 2020 Robert Finder608Leave a Comment

It is encouraging that we are receiving so much new information from members of the Korea Stamp Society (KSS) and readers of the KSS website. In particular, I have been amazed at all the new information we have been receiving about Dr. Hall and other missionaries in Korea prior to WWII. This article is an […]

North Korea Invades South Korea and Dr. Moon Chang-Mo Is Captured

February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 Robert Finder621Leave a Comment

This is the story of the rarest issued Korean tuberculosis (TB)/Christmas and New Year seal: the 1952 issue. One might believe that the rarest and most valuable Korean TB/Christmas and New Year seal is probably one of the series of seals that Dr. Sherwood Hall began to issue in 1932. However, discounting the unissued seal […]

Christian Literature Society correspondence illustrates different surface mail cachets

January 28, 2020January 21, 2020 James H. Grayson536Leave a Comment

A series of covers, recently offered for sale on Ebay, show another interesting piece of Korean missionary history. The Christian Literature Society of Korea (대한 기독교 서회) was and is a major publisher and bookseller in Korea, and dates back to the earliest years of Protestant Christian missions. It is an ecumenical organisation as is […]

New Discovery of Two Very Rare Covers with Dr. Hall’s Unissued 1940 Korea Tuberculosis/Christmas Seals

January 23, 2020April 26, 2020 Robert Finder786Leave a Comment

There was recently an exciting find by a reader of the Korea Stamp Society’s (KSS) webpage. Mr. Edwin Burgoyne, who has been researching information on old covers that were part of his wife’s (Alison) missionary family’s collection, read the articles about Dr. Sherwood Hall’s TB/Christmas and New Year’s seals. He especially noticed the article about […]

New Variety of Fifth Year Souvenir Sheet Noted

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 Robert Finder7191 Comment

In the article of December 28, 2018, on the KSS website discussing the 1936 Korean Christmas and New Year seal, there was also information given about “The Fifth Year Souvenir Sheet”. These souvenir sheets were used by Dr. Hall’s Christmas seal committee to promote the sale of the seals. It was noted that there were […]

KNTA shows Sherwood Hall’s turtle ship drawing

September 7, 2019August 19, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor12051 Comment

In a recent blog post the 대한결핵협회 / Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) shows Sherwood Hall’s turtle ship drawing, which was a subject proposed for his first Christmas seals. In the end this idea was not used and another seal was released. Interestingly this version of the drawing is slightly different from the one in […]

Another Strong Market Result for A Korean Christmas/TB Seals

August 31, 2019August 31, 2019 Robert Finder834Leave a Comment

I had just written about the very strong market for the rare Korean Christmas and TB seal on August 4, 2019 with two 1953 sheets selling for around $2000 each on eBay. Now a pair of the very rare unissued Dr. Hall 1940 seal has just sold for US$2600. One of the pair was damaged […]

KNTA suggests 2019 Christmas seal design

August 25, 2019August 25, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg8581 Comment

A Dutch footballer famously once said approx. “you will only see it if you understand it“. This is true of Korean blogs as well: sometimes you really have to read on before you notice there is something important being said. Take a recent blog post on Korean National Tuberculosis Association’s Facebook page.

KNTA also celebrates independence day

August 18, 2019August 18, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor1148Leave a Comment

The 대한결핵협회 / Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA), known for issuing the Korean Christmas seals since 1949, also published some materials related to both the March 1 movement of 1919, 80 years ago, as well as the 74th anniversary of Korean independence from Japan in 1945. That’s a lot of anniversaries in one sentence!

Dr. Hall’s 1934 Korean Methodist Seal

August 17, 2019August 21, 2019 Robert Finder13661 Comment

There is an unusual Korean seal that occasionally shows up in Korean collections and on eBay, which sometimes confuses collectors. This seal was actually designed by Dr. Sherwood Hall and is sought out by some collectors of Dr. Hall’s Korean Christmas seals. It was issued for the “50th Anniversary of Korean Methodism” in 1934, shortly […]

Strong Demand Continues for Korean Tuberculosis/Christmas and New Year Seals

August 4, 2019August 31, 2019 Robert Finder1343Leave a Comment

What surprises many stamps collectors who do not collect Korean stamps is the strong demand and high prices for the early Korean Dr. Hall (1932-1940) and post WWII late 1940’s to early 1950’s Tuberculosis (TB)/Christmas and New Year seals. Because of the Korean problem with TB and Dr. Sherwood Hall’s program to issue these seals […]

The Korean Christmas Seals (1960)

July 31, 2019July 28, 2019 Lura McLane Smith (1885-1979)18491 Comment

I became interested in Korean Christmas Seals in 1936 when I was asked to cover the South Pyengan Province. Each year, thereafter, I sold more than anyone else. In the ninth year – 1940 – I sold all that were sold in that area as far as I know. This consisted of an order for […]

Dr. Hall Was a Stamp Collector Too!

July 17, 2019January 8, 2019 Robert Finder678Leave a Comment

Dr. Sherwood Hall, the creator of the Korean tuberculosis Christmas and New Year seals, was an avid stamp collector. His hobby of collecting of stamps, besides his knowledge of how the seals successfully raised money in other countries to fight tuberculosis, probably contributed to his original idea to promote the seals in Korea to fight […]

Follow-Up to Dr. Hall’s Smithsonian Collection Article

June 8, 2019March 6, 2019 Robert Finder7331 Comment

In the December 15, 2018 article on Dr. Hall’s donation of his Christmas seal collection to the Smithsonian Institute in 1972, it was noted that the collection had been found at the request of the author. It had been moved to the National Postal Museum in Washington, DC in 1993. It was written that the […]