Korea Stamp Society

Original design – Airmail issue of 1952 (1965)

December 4, 2019November 30, 2019 Warren Hahn8121 Comment

(Translated by Warren Hahn from “Korean Stamps” July 1965) The original design of the airmail issue of 1952 (Scott #C6-8) consisted of a plane flying over the National Capitol Building in Seoul. However, when the Korean War necessitated the evacuation of Seoul, and the transfer of the seat of government to Pusan, the design was […]

First-Flight Cover, Hibiscus over North Pole

July 24, 2019August 21, 2019 Stanley Kim2326Leave a Comment

The SAS (Scandinavian Airline System) opened a polar shortcut on February 24, 1957, flying an SAS DC-7C from Copenhagen, Denmark via Anchorage, Alaska to Tokyo, Japan. This new North Pole shortcut shortened the flying time between Denmark and Japan from 50 hours to 32 hours.

First Flight Before “Normalization” between Japan and Korea

July 3, 2019August 21, 2019 Stanley Kim1240Leave a Comment

Diplomatic normalization between the Republic of Korea and Japan came in 1965. The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea was signed on June 22, 1965, to establish a basic relationship between Japan and the Republic of Korea following liberation from Japanese occupation in 1945. It took almost twenty years just […]

Asiana Airlines – Korea’s Second International Carrier

March 30, 2019March 31, 2019 Stanley Kim14055 Comments

[“COVERS FLEW OVER THE LAND OF MORNING CALM”] On November 15, 1991, Asiana Airlines, South Korea’s second international carrier, inaugurated flight between Seoul and Los Angeles. No first flight covers (FFCs) are known to exist for the return flight as philatelic recognition from United States Postal Service was not requested by Asiana Airlines according to […]

Korean First Flights

June 5, 2018January 21, 2019 Stanley Kim1308Leave a Comment

Incheon International Airport in Korea is currently served by 70 airlines from all over the world. This is a far cry from a sole foreign flight by Northwest Airlines back in August, 1947. There have been many “first flights” by various airline carriers into and out of Seoul since then. However, leading up to the […]

“Welcome to My World”, First Ten Years (1969-1979) of Korean Airlines as a Civilian Carrier

May 21, 2018January 21, 2019 Stanley Kim2033Leave a Comment

As a Korean Airlines jet takes off, Elvis Presley’s rendition of “Welcome to My World” was played in the background in an early Korean Airlines’ TV ad campaign. Korean Airlines’ World is the whole wide world now, but it wasn’t quite that wide in the beginning.