| Title: Korean Bridge Series (4th Issue) | ||||
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Stamp Serial#
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2578 | |||
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KPC#
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C-2013 | |||
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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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Seongsu 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.
Seongsu Bridge Linking Seongsu-dong and Apgujeong-dong of Seoul, Seongsu Bridge is 1,160m long. To relieve the traffic congestion of Seoul, the Bridge was completed in 1979 as a truss-bridge, becoming the 11th bridge built over Han River. Since its disastrous collapse in 1994, two rounds of restoration work were conducted. In 1997, the Bridge was reopened with 4 lanes that only directly linked North to South, with no ramps to enter from adjoining roads. In 2004, the Bridge width was expanded from 19.4m to 35m, becoming an 8-lane bridge. |
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