| Title: Korean Bridge Series (4th Issue) | ||||
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Stamp Serial#
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2577 | |||
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KPC#
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C-2012 | |||
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Scott#
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Date of Issue
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09/28/2007 | |||
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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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Gwangan Bridge | |||
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Photographer
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Kim Chang-hwan | |||
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Designer
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Lee Gi-seog | |||
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Image Area
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47mm 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 | |||
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Paper
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White unwatermarked | |||
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Printing process
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Photogravure, five colors | |||
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Print
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Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation | |||
| Description | ||||
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In this fourth segment of the Korean Bridge series, such representative suspension
and truss bridges of Korea as Gwangan Bridge, Seongsu Bridge, Seongsan Bridge, and Yeongjong Bridge are
featured. A suspension bridge has two main towers at each end, between which cables hang. A truss bridge is
shored up by a web of triangles composed of timbers or steel rods.
Gwangan Bridge Gwangan Bridge lies across the sea between Namcheon-dong, Suyeong-gu and U-dong, Haewundae-gu of Busan city. It was completed in 2002 as a double-deck bridge combining the features of a suspension bridge as well as a truss bridge. Of its total length of 7,420m, the suspension-bridge section extends 900m. This is the longest among all suspension bridges in Korea, thus launching a new era in Korea’s bridge construction methods. Boasting beautiful illumination comprising about 100,000 different colors, the Bridge provides a splendid sight. The bridge is 18~25m wide. |
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