Korea Stamp Society

Selling stamps the K-pop way!

March 25, 2020February 9, 2020 KP Online Editor1007Leave a Comment

Korean girl-bands (and boy-bands) are very popular in East Asia. So popular that pretty much anything with one of these bands on them will sell. However, one wonders whether these publicity examples from KoreaPost actually helped selling more “My Own Stamps” stamps.

Current “My own stamp” (나만의 우표) options

October 31, 2019October 30, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg3327Leave a Comment

Currently KoreaPost offers “My own stamp” (나만의 우표) sheets with postage stamps only in the sheets, with the exception of one very large “seal” in these sheets. Three colourful examples of the possible configurations can be found on the ePost website. In these three sheets all the smaller stamps are actual postage stamps, but can […]

Caring for “Road Cats” in South Korea

September 16, 2019August 29, 2019 Marci Jarvis (COSSU/CatMews)1019Leave a Comment

Stray cats in South Korea are known as 길고양이 or “road cats” (meaning stray cats). Until very recently Koreans didn’t really keep pets; dogs were for protection and cats were use-less in general. Now everybody wants a pet, until they are no longer fun, which is when they get “released” into the street. Cats and […]

나만의 우표 / “My Own Stamps” examples from Jeju

February 6, 2018December 29, 2019 Ivo Spanjersberg3438Leave a Comment

Since 2000 KoreaPost has given the public the option to make their own stamp sheets, a bit like Royal Mail did until recently. These sheets can be very colourful and are often given by companies to other companies or individuals. The examples shown here show sheets containing fourteen 250 won stamps (KPSC nr. U20) each. […]

“MY OWN STAMP” program is launched

January 2, 2018December 29, 2019 Harold Penn13851 Comment

The 2000 National Postage Stamp Exhibition was held from August 2 through 7, 2000, at the First Exhibition Room of the Pacific Hall on the first floor of the Convention and Exhibition Center (COEX) at Samsung-dong, Kangnam-gu, Seoul.