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The August 1955 Chongjin Booklet

October 7, 2019October 6, 2019 Anthony Bard3652 Comments

The booklet was issued by the Ministry of Communications for the North Hamgyong Post Office, as part of the country-wide 10th anniversary of the Liberation commemoration, in August 1955. A set of commemorative stamps (all the stamps are perf 11), a postal stationery envelope and an extensive set of commemorative photographic postcards were produced for […]

KSC5218G: 70th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the DPRK and the PRC

October 6, 2019October 25, 2019 David Newmark289Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On October 6th, Korea Stamp Corporation issued a Souvenir Sheet and Stamp Booklet to mark the 70th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the DPRK and the PR China. The 70 won stamp features the national emblems of the DPRK and the PRC.

KSC5218A-5218F: Future Architecture

September 25, 2019October 25, 2019 David Newmark171Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) On September 25th, Korea Stamp Corporation issued a series of six stamps featuring architectural buildings in Russia, including the Serpukhovskoy Residential Complex and Butyrskaya Square, both in Moscow, and the Water Museum in Kaluga.

The North Korean Provisional Surcharged Stamps 2002

September 15, 2019October 22, 2019 Per-Olof Jönsson4669 Comments

Democratic Peoples’ Republic Korea (DPRK, North Korea) changed the face value of stamps under a new postage order from August 1 Juche 91 (2002). The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of the DPRK took a measure that those previously issued 91 postage stamps were overprinted with the new denomination to be used for a certain […]

KSC5216-5218: Monumental Edifices

September 10, 2019September 7, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg359Leave 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 Pieters336Leave 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-Fu482Leave 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).

Opinion: Are some or all of the latest “North Korean” peace talk stamps and souvenir sheets fakes or legitimate?

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 Robert Finder11148 Comments

As some readers of the KSS website know, I have not been interested in most North Korean (DPR) stamp issues. However, the peace talks between South Korea and North Korea, and the even more recent nuclear talks between North Korea and the USA, have caused some worldwide interest in philatelic material commemorating these talks. I […]

KSC5215M: DPRK-US Summit Meeting at Panmunjom

August 9, 2019August 18, 2019 Jo Pieters1233Leave 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 Pieters905Leave 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 Jönsson2752 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 Jönsson369Leave 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. Grayson5973 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 […]

A DPRK Reprint Variety

July 10, 2019January 8, 2019 Kevin MacKeown4241 Comment

There is an irony in the fact that the reprint of, arguably, the rarest of all North Korean stamps, the 1948 Labor Law issue, SG N11, is among the most common of these often despised reprints, both in perforated and imperforated condition. It is also among the small number of such reprints of which postally […]

Recognizing DPRK Reprints Part II: 1951 to 1956

June 29, 2019August 27, 2019 YONG S YI9296 Comments

Is the current market condition a buyer’s market or seller’s market? The price one pays for a stamp or stamps depends on the condition and rarity. Also, supply and demand dictate current prices in the market place. The current condition of the market is a buyer’s market. The flood of North Korean stamps which started […]

Modern DPRK rarities (1): Unissued 2012 3D giant panda stamps

June 15, 2019March 8, 2019 Chen Yi-Fu480Leave a Comment

In 2012 the DPRK issued a set of giant panda stamps. This set consisted of 2 stamps and 1 souvenir sheet. The KSC numbers given to these stamps were 4838-4840.

KSC5215G-5215I: The First DPRK-US Summit Talks

June 12, 2019June 10, 2019 Jo Pieters539Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The Korea Stamp Corporation has published a series of three stamps (in souvenir sheets) to commemorate the “firstever DPRK-US summit meeting and talks” in Singapore in June 2018.

KSC5215E-5215F: China 2019 World Stamp Exhibition

June 11, 2019June 9, 2019 Jo Pieters9345 Comments

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The Korea Stamp Corporation has published two stamps showing the yellow crane tower and the 13-storeyed pagoda of Pohyon Temple to commemorate the China 2019 World Stamp Exhibition.

KSC5215C-5215D Visit to Russian Federation Made by Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the WPK, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and Supreme Commander of the DPRK Armed Forces

June 7, 2019September 15, 2019 Per-Olof Jönsson225Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The Korea Stamp Corporation has issued a stamp and a souvenir sheets to commemorate the Visit to the Russian Federation by Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and Supreme Commander of the DPRK […]

KSC5215A-5215B On Socialist Construction and the Internal and External Policies of the Government of the Republic at the Present Stage

June 1, 2019September 15, 2019 Per-Olof Jönsson209Leave a Comment

(News from 조선우표사 / Korea Stamp Corporation) The Korea Stamp Corporation has issued two souvenir sheets with both one stamp each reflecting the main idea of the policy delivered by Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un a the First Session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK on April 12 Juche 108 (2019).