Supporting Philatelists Since 1952
This article is the second part of an online article on Kenneth Clark’s exhibit on the postal history of the Russo-Japanese War. The pages contained herein are limited to those that are related to Korea. For more information see the first part.
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(Translated by Le Tuyet Mai.) The envelope shown in Figure 1 was sent from the office of Korean Advisory Commander-Assistant to Lieutenant-Colonel, belonging to MC Advisory Team (KMAG-V Korean Military Advisory Group-Vietnam), belonging to APO 91 US Forces (Division: Foot-band no. 91- US Army) in Vietnam. The letter was postmarked Pungsan (Korea), 17-11-1955. Perhaps, this […]
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The exhibit shows the postal history of the Forerunners from the Sino-Japanese War, occupation of Korea, China, Manchuria, and Formosa, the Boxer Uprising in China, then the Russo-Japanese War and the Field Post Office (FPO) system, with mail being transported back to Japan by ship and to Russia by the Trans-Siberian railway. The International world […]
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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 […]
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(Originally from KP August, 2012—Vol. 54, No. 3) For an in-country Korean military mail cover to be fully complete, it should essentially have three chops or strikes that say four things:1) it is military mail, 2) it has the military unit number, 3) it has gone thru security, and 4) there should be a round […]
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This article is the fifth part of the award winning exhibit, begun in KP 51:3, pages 18-26; KP 51:4, pages 13-19; KP 53:1, pages 5-12; and KP 53:2, pages 11-18.
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After contacting Andrew Crenshaw regarding the ROK White Horse cover he put several other military covers from the Vietnam era online. This cover is one of those, in this case from the ROK 2nd Marine Brigade (later Division), also known as the “Blue Dragon”, stationed in Vietnam from September 1965 onwards.
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Before his death, Frank Allard was an ongoing source of interesting postcards reflecting Korean history. Here are the remaining items provided by Frank. I hope you enjoy them. Frank was not always clear about what fronts and backs go together; we hope we have them matched correctly!
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In the past Andrew Crenshaw contacted the KSS regarding military covers from ROK soldiers sent from Vietnam during the Vietnam war. One example of these covers is shown here. It is a cover sent from Vietnam to Seoul, but something went wrong.
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(Originally from KP double number November 2012 / February 2013, Vol. 54 Nr. 4 / Vol. 55 Nr. 1) This article is the sixth part of the award winning exhibit “Military Mail of Korea 1894-1911” beginning in KP 51 #3.
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