South Korea: Dinosaur World Expo, Goseong

Stamps:

Dinosaur World Expo, Goseong - Self-Adhesive (full set) - Issued: 14-04-2006

Many thanks Choonjong!

South Korea: "King Sejong Station, Antarctic" - International Polar Year 2007/2008

The King Sejong Station (Korean: 세종과학기지) is a research station for the Korea Antarctic Research Program that is named after King Sejong the Great of Joseon (1397–1450). Not actually a cover from the Antarctic Research Station itself but a nice souvenir sheet issued in 2008 for the International Polar Year. 

Stamp:

"King Sejong Station, Antarctic" - International Polar Year 2007/2008 (s/s) - Issued: 15-02-2008

 

Many thanks to Choonjong Park!

South Korea: The 100th Anniversary of the The Chungsuk Academic Foundation

The Chungsuk Academic Foundation is the parent foundation of the Cheongju university. The Cheongseok Academic Foundation’s beginning can be traced to 1924, when Daeseong Primary School was founded with the mindset of saving the country, which was under Japanese rule, through education. Today, it has become a landmark of education, made up of seven schools ranging from elementary schools to universities. The Cheongseok Academic Foundation has raised 140,000 talented individuals to this day, and is currently aiding 20,000 students in their pursuit of knowledge in its capacity as a national private school of tradition. The stamps on the first day covers below are commemorating the 100th Anniversary.

 

Stamp:

The 100th Anniversary of the The Chungsuk Academic Foundation - Issued: 12-04-2024

Stamp:

The 100th Anniversary of the The Chungsuk Academic Foundation - Issued: 12-04-2024

Many thankt to Park Pyo Jun and Choonjong Park!

 

 

 

 

South Korea: Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024 - Gangwon

The Winter Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Gangwon 2024 (Korean: 강원 2024), is a winter multi-sport event, cultural festival, and fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympics currently being held between 19 January and 1 February 2024 in Gangwon Province, South Korea.

Stamp:

Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024 - Gangwon  - Issued: 12-12-2023

 

Many thanks to Wonsik Kang for this nice FDC!

South Korea: Honey Bees

 

Stamps:

Honey Bees (full set) - Issued: 19-05-2023 w/ Fist-Day Cancellation

Many thanks to Park Pyo Jun!

South Korea: Korea's First Lunar Orbiter - "Danuri"

 Stamp:

 Korea's First Lunar Orbiter - "Danuri" - Issued: 07-04-2023

Many thanks to Park Pyo Jun!

South Korea: Protecting Endangered Species in Korea-Cambodia REDD + Joint Project Areas

 

Stamps:

Protecting Endangered Species in Korea-Cambodia REDD + Joint Project Areas (full set) - Issued: 10-02-2023

Stamp:

Protecting Endangered Species in Korea-Cambodia REDD + Joint Project Areas (from a set of two) - Issued: 10-02-2023

Many thanks to Wonsik & Park Pyo Jun!

South Korea: 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)

 

Stamps:

2x Personalities - Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) - Issued: 20-07-2022

 

Many thanks to Park Pyo Jun!

South Korea: The 70th Anniversary of the South Korean Air Force

 

Stamps:

2x The 70th Anniversary of the South Korean Air Force  - Issued: 20-09-2019

Many thanks to Wonsik!

South Korea: The 50th Anniversary of KAIST - FDC

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is a national research university located in Daedeok Innopolis, Daejeon, South Korea. KAIST was established by the Korean government in 1971 as the nation's first public, research-oriented science and engineering institution. KAIST is considered to be one of the most prestigious universities in the nation. KAIST has 10,504 full-time students and 1,342 faculty researchers (as of Fall 2019 Semester).

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAIST

Stamps:

2x The 50th Anniversary of KAIST - Issued: 16-02-2021

Many thanks to Park Pyo Jun!

South Korea: 2019 Redefinition of the SI Base Units

In 2019, four of the seven SI base units specified in the International System of Quantities were redefined in terms of natural physical constants, rather than human artifacts such as the standard kilogram. Effective 20 May 2019, the 144th anniversary of the Metre Convention, the kilogram, ampere, kelvin, and mole are now defined by setting exact numerical values, when expressed in SI units, for the Planck constant (h), the elementary electric charge (e), the Boltzmann constant (kB), and the Avogadro constant (NA), respectively.

 Stamps:

2x Redefinition of the SI Base Units - Issued: 23-05-2019

4x National Flag - Issued: 06-03-2003

 

 

Many thanks to Choonjong Park!

South Korea: The 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships - Gwangju, South Korea

Stamps:
The 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships - Gwangju, South Korea - Issued: 12-07-2019
2x National Flag - Issued: 06-03-2003


Many thanks to Choonjong for this nice Cover!

South Korea: 100th Anniversary of the Chung-Ang University (CAU)

Chung-Ang University (also known as CAU) is a Korean private university based in Seoul, South Korea. There are two different campuses.  Starting as a church-run kindergarten in 1918, CAU transformed into a school for female kindergarten teachers in 1922 and was granted university status in 1953. The university claims 2018 to be its centennial. It has 33,600 undergraduates, 5,200 graduates, 700 professors and 500 more part-time teaching staff.

I'm very happy to receive this nice cover with First-Day Cancellation for my Universities Collection.

Stamps:
2x The 100th Anniversary of the Chung-Ang University - Issued: 03-09-2018


Many thanks to Choonjong for this nice Cover!

The 100th Anniversary of the Chung-Ang University

South Korea: The PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games

Only three day left and one of the major world wide sport events is going to start. The XXIII. Olympic Winter Games will take place from 9 to 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Korea. The 2018 Winter Olympics will feature 102 events in 15 sports, making it the first Winter Olympics to surpass 100 medal events. Four new disciplines in existing sports were introduced to the Winter Olympic programme in Pyeongchang, including big air snowboarding, mixed doubles curling, mass start speed skating, and mixed team alpine skiing. And of course for this special event Korea Post issued a series of stamps dedicated to this event. The design of the stamps includes the official mascot, Soohorang, participating in a number of winter sports including curling, speed skating and bobsleigh, as well as images of Olympic stadiums. I'm happy to receive this nice cover with also a nice special postmark showing the mascot Soohorang.

Stamps:
Winter Olympics 2018 (from a set of 10) - Issued: 01-11-2017


Many thanks to Choonjong Park for this nice cover!

Stamps:
Winter Olympics 2018 (from a set of 10) - Issued: 01-11-2017

South Korea: Must-visit Tourist Destinations

Korea Post issued this nice set of stamps showing must-see tourist destination in Korea. This is the third edition of this series and it features four different stamps each with a Denomination of 330 won. On the stamps you can see Ullimsanbang Villa and Garden, Jinjuseong Fortress, Soswaewon Garden and Mungyoengsaejae Pass.

Stamps:
Must-visit Tourist Destinations (full Set) - Issued: 15-05-2017


Many thanks to Choonjong Park for this nice Cover! 

South Korea: Greetings from…

This is one of the nice Greetings from-Cards from Postallove. It was sent directly from South Korea. South Korea is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. In 2014 South Korea got an estimated population of about 51 Million. For more information see the card :)

Stamp:

Birds "Pitta Nympha" - Issued: 20-11-2014

Thanks to Kerstin for this nice card!

South Korea: Jeju Province - Hamdeok Beach

Jeju Province is one of the nine provinces of South Korea. The province is situated on and coterminous with the nation's largest island of Jeju. About 605.00 people are living on the Island (Oct. 2014). On the card you can see Hamdeok Beach. It's located 14 km east of the capital Jeju City. Hamdeok Beach is famous for its clean and shallow water, attracting many family visitors during summer vacations.

On the card there are nice stamps and a special postmark.

Stamps:
left: Family Special Stamp (from a set of two) - Issued: 13-05-2011
right: Korean Beauty - Pouches - Issued: 01-11-1996
Special Postmark: Hallasan (The highest Mountain of South Korea, located on Jeju Island)