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Modern DPRK rarities (3): Pyongyang folk park (2013)

October 16, 2019April 19, 2019 Chen Yi-Fu69Leave a Comment

The DPRK issued a souvenir sheet of Pyongyang folk park in 2013. This souvenir sheet depicts a view of this theme park and its face-value is 60 (30+30) won. However, the park was closed in 2016 and this souvenir sheet was withdrawn, 3 years after issuance. This is probably one of the most well-known modern […]

KSC5216-5218: Monumental Edifices

September 10, 2019September 7, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg124Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The Korea Stamp Corporation has published a stamp series showing “monumental edifices” in the DPRK.

KSC5215N: Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance The Land of the People

August 30, 2019August 2, 2019 Jo Pieters163Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The Korea Stamp Corporation has published a sheetlet containing three stamps to “reflect the newly-created grand mass gymnastics and artistic performance the Land of the People.”

Modern DPRK rarities (2): History of the porcelain stamps of 1999

August 24, 2019August 24, 2019 Chen Yi-Fu247Leave a Comment

The DPRK issued a set of 5 porcelain stamps in 1999. The KSC numbers for these stamps are KSC3983-3987. However, a careful collector might find something strange about two of the stamps in this set, KSC3983 (70 jon) and KSC 3987 (2.50 won).

KSC5215M: DPRK-US Summit Meeting at Panmunjom

August 9, 2019August 18, 2019 Jo Pieters582Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The Korea Stamp Corporation has published a stamp in a souvenir sheet to commemorate that “Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Met with the US President Donald J. Trump at Panmunjom”.

KSC5215L: Historic Summit Meeting in Pyongyang by the Supreme Leaders of the DPRK and China

August 8, 2019August 18, 2019 Jo Pieters367Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The Korea Stamp Corporation has published a stamp in a souvenir sheet to commemorate the meeting in Pyongyang of the leaders of the DPRK and China.

KSC5215K: Singpex 2019 36th Asian International Stamp Exhibition

July 31, 2019September 14, 2019 Per-Olof Jönsson1072 Comments

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The Korea Stamp Corporation has issued a souvenir sheet to mark “Singpex 2019 36th Asian International Stamp Exhibition” which was held in Singapore.

KSC5215J: Lake Chon on Mount Paektu

July 29, 2019September 15, 2019 Per-Olof Jönsson112Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The Korea Stamp Corporation has issued a stamp to show Mount Paektu, an ancestral sacred mountain of Korean Revolution. The mountain, on which the revolutionary traditions of the country struck their root deep, instils the revolutionary spirit of Paektu, the spirit of blizzards of Paektu, in the Korea […]

North Korea’s Interpretation in 1959 of the Korean War

July 13, 2019July 13, 2019 James H. Grayson3053 Comments

On 25 June, 1950, the DPRK invaded the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in a war for the unification of the nation. Due to immediate United Nations military action this invasion was unsuccessful. An armistice agreement was signed between the UN forces and the forces of the DPRK and the People’s Republic of China on […]

What happened to the DPRK new issues?

July 11, 2019July 11, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor222Leave a Comment

For some time there has been no new issue news regarding DPRK stamp releases. The reason for this is very simple: the Korea Stamp Corporation, the stamp selling organization of the DPRK, didn’t release any new online news. However, the new issue leaflets do show three new stamps/series.