As reported by Han Song, DPR Korea Stamp Corp., representitive.

Nov. 18, 2007: Korean Famous Paintings.

New Postage Stamps Issued
Pyongyang, November 27 (KCNA) --
New postage stamps (14 in kinds) showing folk furniture, folk dishes and famous paintings of Korea have been brought out.
    Depicted in the folk furniture stamps are a nickel-decorated box, a collapsible dresser case, a three-storied mother-of-pearl-inlaid wardrobe with patterns of ten long-living animals, etc. which were used by people in the period of the Ri Dynasty (1392-1910).
    There are also stamps showing glutinous potato cake, fermented flatfish, frozen potato cake and yongchae Kimchi which are special dishes of North and South Hamgyong Provinces.
    The stamps of famous paintings include "Plowing a Rice-field", "Mat-Plaiting", "Threshing" and "Archery" by Kim Hong Do, a well-known painter in the 18th century.

   
   
   
   

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Stock No.4516-4519
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2. Stamp booklet
Stock No.: 155
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