| Title: Celebrated Mountains of Korea Series (3rd Issue) | ||||
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Stamp Serial#
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2528 | |||
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KPC#
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C-1968 | |||
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Scott#
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2235-a | |||
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Date of Issue
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11/16/2006 | |||
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Quantity
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560,000 | |||
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Denomination
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250 won | |||
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Design
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Mt. Seoraksan Janggunbong Peak at Biseondae Rock Platform |
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Photographer
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Kim Chang-hwan | |||
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Designer
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Park Eun-kyung | |||
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Image Area
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37mm x 27mm | |||
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Perforation
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13 | |||
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Sheet Composition
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4 x 4 (four stamps setenant) |
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Paper
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White Unwatermarked | |||
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Printing process
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Photogravure, four colors | |||
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Print
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Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation | |||
| Description | ||||
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Featured in the third series of "Celebrated Mountains of Korea" is
Mt. Seoraksan, the highest in the Taebaek Mountain Range, which forms the very backbone of
the Korean peninsula.
Covering Sokcho city, Yangyang county, Goseong county and Inje county in Gangwon Province, Mt. Seoraksan covers an area of 398.539km. It is also Korea’s third highest mountain after Halla Mountain (1,950m) and Jiri Mountain (1,915m). As indicated by its name, Mt. Seoraksan is a mountain that symbolizes snow during the winter season, being the first mountain in Korea to be covered in snow and keeping the snow the longest into spring. Serving as habitat to a wide diversity of living species including endangered or rare flora and fauna, it was designated as a Natural Preserve Area by the Korean government and in 1982, as a "biosphere reserve" by UNESCO. Janggunbong Peak at Biseondae Rock Platform |
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