Korea Stamp Society

Revenue stamps used on cover (Kobay)

August 2, 2018August 21, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg1238Leave a Comment

For philatelists interested in Korean philatelic items the best source of information is probably Kobay. Unfortunately Kobay is available in Korean only and ordering can due to the constraints effectively only be done by Korean nationals. However, seller “jsm654” recently listed several interesting covers which we would like to show to non-Korean speaking philatelists.

Postage Due

June 11, 2018August 21, 2019 Lyman Hale6929Leave a Comment

(Originally from KP double number November 2012 / February 2013, Vol. 54 Nr. 4 / Vol. 55 Nr. 1) South Korea or R.O.K. never seemed to get into postage due stamps, and that was probably a good savings of money as no expense was used to print a group of special stamps that were not […]

Another Type Of Korean Postage Due Slip

February 6, 2018February 11, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg1608Leave a Comment

In Korean Philately (Nov. 2012 Vol. 54 #4 / Feb. 2013 Vol. 55 #1) Mr. Lyman Hale showed several types of postage due slips used by the Korean postal services, asking for anything new which could be added to his information. While living in Korea in 2013 I wanted to do an experiment with postage […]

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