| Title: 2nd Sightseeing Series (2nd Issue) | ||||
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Stamp Serial#
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844 | |||
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KPC#
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C-559 | |||
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MICHEL#
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871 | |||
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StanGib#
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1043 | |||
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Scott#
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848 | |||
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Date of Issue
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04/20/1973 | |||
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Quantity
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1,500,000 | |||
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Denomination
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10 won | |||
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Design
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Sam-am Rock Mt. Dok-jol |
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Designer
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Kang Choon-whan | |||
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Image Area
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23mm*33mm | |||
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Perforation
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13 | |||
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Sheet Composition
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5Ąż4 | |||
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Paper
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White unwatermarked | |||
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Printer
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Government Printing & Mint Agency of the Repubic of Korea | |||
| Description | ||||
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The Ministry of Communications is issuing these two stamps as the second part
of a series of postage stamps featuring the renowned sightseeing places in the Republic of Korea.
2. Sain-am: This is a huge rock forming a steep cliff on the west side of Mt. Dokjol eight kilometers away from Tanyang, Chungchong Pukdo. Nearby flows a river along which also stand a fantastic formation of rocks that towers like a colossal folding screen. There is a small Buddhist hermitage, called Chongyon-am, built at the foot of the cliff. The valley, named Unsonkukok, that runs along Sain-am abounds in scenic spots apart from other scenic sites that exist in the Tanyang area. The rock was named Sain-am by Im Je Kwang, a country chief during the reign of King Songjong of the Yi Dynasty, because the place was a favorite resort for rest and recreation of Wu Tak, a scholar of Chinese classics of the late period of Koryo, while he was serving in an official post called Sain. |
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