Korea Stamp Society

Examples from the National Archives of Korea (NAK) online database

August 19, 2018August 18, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg15331 Comment

After learning about the existence of the online database of the National Archives of Korea (NAK) I quickly discovered a treasure trove of documents related to Korean philately. Thousands of documents with listings of stamp values, revenue stamps issues (including local revenue stamps) and meter marks, often even shown with (simple) drawings. And that’s just the […]

Korean “digital revenue stamps”

February 17, 2018November 3, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg3058Leave a Comment

On 1 January 2017 the last “paper” revenue stamps of the Republic of Korea (“South Korea”) were phased out. Except for the consular revenue stamps used outside of Korea the only type of revenue stamp now in use within the borders of Korea are meter marks. Meter mark versions of revenue stamps have been in […]

Study of Meter Franking Stamps in Korea

February 8, 2018August 21, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg1427Leave a Comment

The handbook and catalogue 한국우편요금계기인 or “Study of Meter Franking Stamps in Korea” was published by the 부산우취회 / Busan Philatelic Club in 1996 on the 40th anniversary of the founding of the BPC. Besides approx. 40 pages of explanations and introductions the handbook contains numerous pictures of individual meter marks and accompanying slogans, spread out over 288 […]

Asian Politics via Meter Stamp Slogans

February 8, 2018September 8, 2018 Rick Stambaugh (editing) and Ivo Spanjersberg (text)1351Leave a Comment

(Text originally published in MSS Quarterly Bulletin Nr. 314.) Shown here are two Republic of Korea (South Korea) Post Office meter stamps from 2005 with pictorial propaganda slogans. The top slogan is a map of the Sea of Japan (or East Sea as the Koreans call it) with a circle around the Dokdo Islands in the […]