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Korean Souvenir Books and Reprints issues of 1903-1906 (Part III: Additional Souvenir Books)

April 4, 2020March 12, 2020 Robert (Bob) Finder14924 Comments

In addition to the early editions souvenir books, different types of souvenir books were issued up until 1938 by the Japanese government and later by the South Korean government. Kerr has the only list of these souvenir books that is known in English and it goes through 1961. On Page 71-2 of his book, he […]

Korean Souvenir Books and Reprints issues of 1903-1906 (Part II: Reprints)

March 4, 2020July 24, 2019 Robert (Bob) Finder926Leave a Comment

The Scott catalogue states that most of the high value Scott numbers 52-54 reprints, the 50 ch, 1 won, and 2 won, with thin, semi-transparent paper, perforation 12 ½, that are in collectors’ collections and on the market today, come from the early souvenir books. Scott values 52-4 at $400, $600, and $875, respectively; but […]

Korean Souvenir Books and Reprints issues of 1903-1906 (Part I: Introduction)

February 5, 2020July 24, 2019 Robert (Bob) Finder17489 Comments

By writing this article, this author is hoping that it will create interest and more information will be forthcoming from other readers of the Korea Stamp Society (KSS) website. The subject is known by different names. Very little literature has been published, at least in English, about, what Jim Kerr called, in his “Korean Kingdom […]

A DPRK Reprint Variety

July 10, 2019January 8, 2019 Kevin MacKeown12551 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 YI25276 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 […]

Recognizing DPRK Reprints Part I: 1955 to 1957

April 21, 2019August 27, 2019 YONG S YI28089 Comments

Internet is where most people buy and sell stamps today. In the months leading up to the February 2019 US – DPRK summit in Hanoi, there were massive unloads of North Korean stamps on the internet. This presented a good entry point for beginning collectors like myself to acquire some early North Korean stamps. However, […]