South Korea's (MIC's)
1959 Stamp Issuance Schedule

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Stamp Numbers cited:
Korean Stamp Serial No./#
2002-Korean Postage Stamp Catalogue (KPC)
1999-MICHAEL Middle & East Asian Catalogue-Volume 9
1997 Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue - Part 18
2004-SCOTT Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue - Volume 4
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| STAMP NO./s |
Date of
Issue |
Subject |
# of
Issue/s |
Remarks |
| 266 |
03.01.1959 |
40th Anniversary of March 19, 1919 Revolution against the Japanese
See First Day Cover |
1 |
S/S |
| 267 |
04.15.1959 |
10th Anniversary of the Korean Marine Corps
See First Day Cover |
1 |
S/S |
| 268 |
05.20.1959 |
3rd Postal Week
Special Sheet containing 4 Definitive Stamps:
#249, 10 Hwan: South Gate (Nam-dae-mun), Seoul
#250, 20 Hwan: Hibiscus Flowers (Moo-gong-hwa)
#256, 30 Hwan: Tiger
#251, 40 Hwan: King Sejong |
1 |
Special Sheet |
| 269 |
08.17.1959 |
10th Anniversary of Korea's admission to the U.N.'s World Health Organization (W.H.O.)
See First Day Cover |
1 |
S/S |
| 270 |
09.18.1959 |
60th Anniversary of Korea's National Railroad
See First Day Cover |
1 |
S/S |
| 271 |
09.20.1959 |
Definitive Stamp (55 Hwan)
55 Hwan: Diamond Mountains |
1 |
|
| 272 |
10.03.1959 |
10th National Athletic Games
See First Day Cover |
1 |
S/S |
| 273
274 |
10.27.1959 |
Centenary of Red Cross Idea
See First Day Cover |
2 |
1 S/S |
| 275
276 |
11.20.1959 |
Definitive Stamps (200 & 400 Hwan)
200 Hwan: Shika Deer
400 Hwan: Pagoda Park, Seoul |
2 |
|
| 277 |
12.04.1959 |
75th Anniversary of the Korean National Postal System |
1 |
S/S |
278
279
280 |
12.15.1959 |
Christmas and New Year's Greeting for 1960
See First Day Cover |
3 |
S/S each
See Series |
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