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KoreaPost releases stamp publication schedule for 2020

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg105Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) KoreaPost released the 2020 publication schedule, showing all planned new stamp issues for the whole year. Several anniversaries are on the list and so are both the Korean culture and history related issues as well as Korean independence related stamps.

KPC3427-3434: Promotional materials for series

December 31, 2019December 29, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor84Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) KoreaPost has released promotional materials for the recent stamp issue titled “Science and Technology that Lead Korea” (KPC3427-3434). These materials were published on both the KoreaPost Facebook page as well as the Kstamp blog. The materials are available in Korean only.

KPC3427-3434: Science and Technology that Lead Korea

December 27, 2019January 11, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg163Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 27 December 2019 KoreaPost issued a sheet containing eight stamp designs showing examples of results of Korean science and technology, such as a vaccine, a chip wafer (to make DRAM modules), a satellite and an LPG supertanker.

KPC3425-3426: New Year’s Greetings

December 2, 2019January 11, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg275Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 2 December 2019 KoreaPost released two stamps celebrating the New Year and New Year’s Greetings. After the year of the pig, 2019, the year 2020 will be the Year of the (Metal) Rat according to the Chinese zodiac, which is why these two stamps depict rats.

KPC3423-3424: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Falconry

November 27, 2019January 11, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg169Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 27 November 2019 KoreaPost released two stamps commemorating that Korean falconry is a “UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity”. The stamps were released in a souvenir sheet showing 5 each of these two stamps making a total of 10 stamps of 380 won, the current standard postal rate.

KoreaPost new stamp release leaflets for 2018 (III)

November 16, 2019January 11, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg140Leave a Comment

Part III of our listing of the stamp issue leaflets released by KoreaPost in 2018 on the occasion of new stamp releases. These leaflets were printed to show both the stamps and the details of the stamps such as the date of issue, the numbers printed and the designers.

KPC17022614: “National Stamp Exhibition” postal card

November 15, 2019January 11, 2020 Ivo Spanjersberg190Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 15 November 2019 KoreaPost issued a new postal card to commemorate the 2019 National Stamp Exhibition (2019 전국우표전시회). This was the first time in several years KoreaPost created a postal card for a stamp exhibition, the last cards for such an occasion having been produced in July 2016.

KoreaPost stamp issue leaflets for 2018 (II)

November 9, 2019July 10, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor125Leave a Comment

Part II of our listing of the stamp issue leaflets released by KoreaPost in 2018 on the occasion of new stamp releases. These leaflets were printed to show both the stamps and the details of the stamps such as the date of issue, the numbers printed and the designers.

KoreaPost stamp issue leaflets for 2018 (I)

November 2, 2019July 10, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor153Leave a Comment

With every stamp release, whether individual stamps or a series of stamps, KoreaPost releases an information leaflet, showing both the stamps and the details of the stamps such as the date of issue, the numbers printed and the designers. However, these leaflets are usually put online later than the first moment the stamps are listed […]

Current “My own stamp” (나만의 우표) options

October 31, 2019October 30, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg507Leave a Comment

Currently KoreaPost offers “My own stamp” (나만의 우표) sheets with postage stamps only in the sheets, with the exception of one very large “seal” in these sheets. Three colourful examples of the possible configurations can be found on the ePost website. In these three sheets all the smaller stamps are actual postage stamps, but can […]