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This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of South Korea . In 1945, Korea was liberated from Empire of Japan 's colonial rule at the end of World War II, but soon divided into North and South Korea. South Korea began to issue its own stamps from 1946. Korea has been represented in the Universal Postal Union since 1900, and ...
Korea issued its own stamps on November 18, 1884 when the first postal service was created. 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 mun values were printed for the first time, but only the 5 and 10 mun stamps were issued. Theses stamps were printed by the Japanese Paper Money Bureau of Ministry of the Treasury. Decoration of the background and empty space of ...
The Korea Stamp Museum houses over 6,000 stamps, envelopes, and postcards. In this collection, the museum contains relics from the ancient times and artifacts from the postal system established at the end of the Joseon dynasty, as well as relics since the establishment of the North Korean Postal Service including the first stamps created by the service.
Greece 's first postal service was founded in 1828, at the time of Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire. This initial service continued mail delivery and, later, the issuing of postage stamps until 1970. It was then succeeded by the Hellenic Post S.A. (abbreviated ΕΛΤΑ), which remains Greece's official postal provider.
Ironically, however, within a few years the Post Office found that stamps in the old denominations were needed after all, and so, added a 10¢ value to the series in 1855, followed by a 5¢ stamp the following year. The full series included a 1¢ profile of Franklin in blue, a 3¢ profile of Washington in red brown, a 5¢ portrait of Thomas ...
Although postal service in China goes back some 2,500 years, modern postal services were not established until 1877 by the Qing government. This 1-candareen stamp of 1885 has an unidentified seal cancellation and a postmark from the French post office in Shanghai. A 1/2-cent value of the 1897 issue, lithographed in Japan.
Full House Take 2. Full House ( Korean : 풀하우스; RR : Pul-hauseu) is a 2004 South Korean television series starring Rain, Song Hye-kyo, Han Eun-jung and Kim Sung-soo. Based on the manhwa Full House by Won Soo-yeon, the romantic comedy series aired on KBS2 on Monday and Friday at 21:50 ( KST) for 16 episodes from July 14 to September 2, 2004.
History. 1885. Annam & Tongking became French protectorates following war with China. 1887. Included in Indochina with Cambodia and Cochinchina. 1888. (21 January) One issue was released with 9 stamps. These stamps were French Colonial Commerce types overprinted A&T plus a surcharge of either 1 or 5 centimes. 1892.