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Thursday, November 30, 2006






Title : New Year's Greetings
Types : 1
Date of Issue : December 1, 2006
Quantity : 1.6 million stamps (S/S 320,000 sheets)
Denomination : 250 won (S/S 500 won)
Design : A pig running through the snow
Stamp No. : 2530
Printing Process and Colors : Photogravure, six colors (printed in photostorage ink)
Size of Stamp : 26mm x 36mm
Image Area : 23mm x 33mm
Perforation : 13
Sheet Composition : 4 x 5 (140mm x 216mm)
Paper : White Unwatermarked
Designer : Park Eunkyung
Photography : Park Eunkyung
Printer : Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation

The upcoming 2007 is the year of the pig.

Wishing for good fortune in the upcoming New Year with pigs which are regarded by Korean people as a symbol of good luck, a new year's stamp featuring "a pig running through the snow" is issued. this stamp is printed with photostorage ink, which absorbs lights and emits them in the dark. The pig itself and the snow glow in the dark.

Next issue : Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity Special - December 8, 2006

Thursday, November 16, 2006


Title : Celebrated Mountains of Korea Series (3rd)
Types : 4
Date of Issue : November 16, 2006
Quantity : 560,000 stamps each
Denomination : 250 won
Design : Mt. Seoraksan (Daecheongbong peak, Sibiseonnyeotang valley, Janggunbong peak at Biseondae rock platform, Ulsanbawi rock)
Stamp No. : 2526 ~ 2529
Printing Process and Colors : Photogravure, four colors
Size of Stamp : 40mm x 30mm
Image Area : 37mm x 27mm
Perforation : 13
Sheet Composition : 4 x 4 (four stamps setenant, 210mm x 150mm)
Paper : White Unwatermarked
Designer : Park Eunkyung
Photography : Kim Changhwan
Printer : Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation

Next issue : New Year's Greetings - December 1, 2006

Thursday, November 09, 2006


Title : Online Games Special
Types : 10
Date of Issue : November 9, 2006
Quantity : 300,000 stamps each
Denomination : 250 won
Design : Lineage, Maple Story, Ragnarok, Gersang, Legend of Mir III, Kartrider, Mu, Pangya, Fortress2 Blue, Mabinogi
Stamp No. : 2516 ~ 2525
Printing Process and Colors : Photogravure, four colors (Self-adhesive stamp)
Size of Stamp : 30mm x 30mm
Image Area : 27mm x 27mm
Perforation : 13
Sheet Composition : 5 x 4 (200mm x 160mm)
Paper : White Unwatermarked
Designer : Mo Jiwon
Printer : Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation


Title : Definitive Postage Stamp (250 won)
Types : 1
Date of Issue : November 1, 2006
Quantity : Thirty million stamps - Continue to be issued as required
Denomination : 250 won
Design : Brown hawk-owl
Stamp No. : 2512
Printing Process and Colors : Photogravure, four colors
Size of Stamp : 22mm x 25mm
Image Area : 22mm x 25mm
Perforation : 13
Sheet Composition : 10 x 10 (242mm x 280mm)
Paper : White Unwatermarked
Designer : Lee Giseog
Printer : Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation



Title : Definitive Postage Stamp (340 won)
Types : 1
Date of Issue : November 1, 2006
Quantity : Two million stamps - Continue to be issued as required
Denomination : 340 won
Design : Whistling swan
Stamp No. : 2513
Printing Process and Colors : Photogravure, four colors
Size of Stamp : 22mm x 25mm
Image Area : 22mm x 25mm
Perforation : 13
Sheet Composition : 10 x 10 (242mm x 280mm)
Paper : White Unwatermarked
Designer : Kim Sojeong
Printer : Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation



Title : Definitive Postage Stamp (1,750 won)
Types : 1
Date of Issue : November 1, 2006
Quantity : Four million stamps - Continue to be issued as required
Denomination : 1,750 won
Design : Buncheong ware with lotus and fish design in Underglaze iron-brown
Stamp No. : 2514
Printing Process and Colors : Photogravure, four colors
Size of Stamp : 26mm x 36mm
Image Area : 26mm x 36mm
Perforation : 13
Sheet Composition : 10 x 5 (280mm x 216mm)
Paper : White Unwatermarked
Designer : Roh Junghwa
Printer : Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation




Title : My Own Stamp
Types : 1
Date of Issue : November 1, 2006
Quantity : One million stamps, PR - 700,000 - Continue to be issued as required
Denomination : 250 won
Design : Rose of Sharon
Stamp No. : 2515
Printing Process and Colors : Photogravure, four colors
Size of Stamp : 24mm x 30mm (photo 30mm x 30mm)
Image Area : 21mm x 27mm
Perforation : 13
Sheet Composition : 20 stamps, 20 photos, PR - 14 stamps, 14 photos
Paper : White Unwatermarked
Designer : Park Eunkyung
Printer : Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation




Next issue : Online Games Special - November 9, 2006


Title : Centennial Anniversary of Sahmyook University
Types : 1
Date of Issue : October 10, 2006
Quantity : 1.6 million stamps
Denomination : 220 won
Design : Theology Hall
Stamp No. : 2511
Printing Process and Colors : Photogravure, six colors
Size of Stamp : 26mm x 36mm
Image Area : 26mm x 36mm
Perforation : 13
Sheet Composition : 4 x 5 (140mm x 216mm)
Paper : White Unwatermarked
Designer : Shin Jaeyong
Printer : Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation

*. Next issue : Definitive Postage Stamp, My Own Stamp - October 16, 2006