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DPRK 1976 “Winners, 21st Olympic Games, Montreal” Sheet Sizes and Other Differences

June 1, 2022May 1, 2022 Evgeniy Savchenko3591 Comment

In 1976, the DPRK released several souvenir sheets that differ (within the same catalog number) from each other. Differences in size, perforation, presence of glue, etc. can be found. The information in catalogs is somewhat different. The most notable example would be the Souvenir Sheet for release: Winners, 21st Olympic Games, Montreal.

Varieties of Stamps from the DPRK

March 17, 2021March 18, 2021 Alexander Shaposhnikov823Leave a Comment

[Editor: this article was first published in KP Vol. 46 No. 4. Recently however Alexander has send us a lot of full-colour scans of the stamps, which means they can now be shown in much more detail.] I am illustrating a number of North Korean varieties that have not been catalogued.