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KPC3421: The 100th National Sports Festival

September 26, 2019October 17, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg477Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 20 September 2019 KoreaPost issued a stamp titled “The 100th National Sports Festival”. The Korean National Sports Festival is an annual sports competition held in South Korea. For a full week each October, about 20,000 athletes representing 16 cities and provinces throughout the country compete in about 40 separate […]

KPC3420: 70th Anniversary of the R.O.K. Air Force

September 20, 2019September 21, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg102Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 20 September 2019 KoreaPost issued a stamp titled “70th Anniversary of the R.O.K. Air Force”. The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of South Korea, operating under the South Korean Ministry of National Defense.

KoreaPost commemorates 100 years of independence movement

September 11, 2019July 16, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor122Leave a Comment

KoreaPost is calling upon Koreans to remember all things related to the “independence for Korea” movement. Because many of the people and symbols related to the struggle for independence have been featured on stamps KoreaPost can show a lot of examples from the past. It’s all in Korean, but even without any knowledge of Korean […]

KPC3416-3419: The style of the hanbok

September 9, 2019September 10, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg355Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 9 September 2019 KoreaPost issued a series of four stamps showing how the hanbok, the traditional clothes of Korea, changed over the centuries. The stamps were issued for the new first class postal rate of 380 won.

KPC3414-3415: Korea-Croatia Joint Issue

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg2258 Comments

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 29 August 2019 KoreaPost issued two stamps commemorating the relationship between Korea and Croatia through a joint issue of two stamps at the new value of 380 won.

Stamp Museum Exhibition: “Taegeukgi in History” (10 Aug. – 29 Sept.)

August 27, 2019August 25, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg2862 Comments

If you happen to be in Seoul in the next month and wondering what to do as philatelist: why not visit the special exhibition on the Taegeukgi? The Korean Stamp Museum released images showing their newest exhibit which coincides with the new stamp series issued by KoreaPost on the same theme.

POSA: To The Lighthouse!

August 23, 2019August 25, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor1312 Comments

POSA (the Korea Postal Service Agency / 한국우편사업진흥원) has released a series of lighthouse related graphics on the K-stamp Facebook page. The graphics show tourism related cancellations with Korean lighthouses shown in the cancellation. According to POSA “it’s a journey along the country’s lighthouses by tourist datestamp”.

8.15: 74 years of Korean independence

August 16, 2019August 18, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor304Leave a Comment

It has been 74 years since Korea became independent in August 1945 after having been occupied by the Japanese empire since 1905/1910. This is something the Koreans understandably don’t want the world to forget of course and KoreaPost is part of that movement. Just a few days ago KoreaPost released quite a beautiful set of […]

KPC3398-3413: Taegeukgi in history

August 14, 2019August 18, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg371Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 14 August KoreaPost released a series of stamps commemorating the different shapes and colours of the Taegeukgi, the national symbol and flag of Korea.

KoreaPost: Stay safe this Summer!

August 11, 2019August 18, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg333Leave a Comment

KoreaPost released a new campaign on safety. The campaign is related to the recent Tourism Series stamps and shows accidents waiting to happen on holiday. The campaign also comes with a new idea: put your name on these stamps.