KSS Archives — Korea Stamp Society

Download (KSS Members Only): Korean Stamp Catalog (Luther Dilley, 1961)

April 6, 2019April 6, 2019 KSS Korea Philately Editor711 Comment

One of the most detailed catalogs for Korean stamps (not including the Korean Empire), was published for the first time in September, 1959 by Commander L.L. Dilley , USN (Ret.). Commander Dilley, seen here in a photo from World War II, was in the Cryptanalysis Section of Fleet Radio Unit Pacific (FRUPAC) based in Hawaii, […]

KSS in 2018: The year in articles

January 1, 2019January 1, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg168Leave a Comment

That was an exciting year! We went from a proposal to shut down the KSS for good in January/February to creating a completely new website and having new members (welcome!) plus a new KSS Board. In the meantime we have created an online library of all the issues of Korean Philately magazine, filled the website […]

Download (KSS members only): “Monograph 3: The Postal History of the Korean War 1950-1953”

November 3, 2018December 9, 2018 KSS Korea Philately Editor217Leave a Comment

In 2000 the KSS published a monograph, the third in the series of KSS monographs, titled “The Postal History of the Korean War 1950-1953”. Written by Robert W. Collins, this monograph is no longer readily available. As a service to KSS members a scanned version of this document is available online. Some examples and texts […]

History of the Korea Stamp Society

February 6, 2018September 6, 2018 John Talmage174Leave a Comment

The actual date for the founding of the Korea Stamp Society is a bit vague and a subject of discussion recently among the KSS Board of Directors. Veiled in mystery, can one of our old-timers shed some light on this arcane matter? The first issue of Korean Philately is dated October 1, 1951, edited by […]

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