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KPC3425-3426: New Year’s Greetings

December 2, 2019December 8, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor92Leave 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, 2019December 8, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor109Leave 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, 2019July 10, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor92Leave 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, 2019November 16, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor106Leave 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 Editor72Leave 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 Editor102Leave 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 Spanjersberg259Leave 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 […]

KPC3422: The 100th Anniversary of Korean Film

October 25, 2019October 18, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg296Leave a Comment

(News from 우정사업본부 / KoreaPost) On 25 October 2019 KoreaPost issued a stamp titled “The 100th Anniversary of Korean Film”. The stamp integrates the colours of the national flag of the Republic of Korea, red and blue, with a classic film and the number 100.

KPC3421: The 100th National Sports Festival

September 26, 2019October 17, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg643Leave 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 Spanjersberg232Leave 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.