| Title : Commemorative Postage Stamps World Tourism Day | ||||
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Stamp Serial#
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1145 | |||
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KPC#
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C-841 | |||
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MICHEL#
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1170 | |||
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StanGib#
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1399 | |||
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Scott#
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1181 | |||
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Date of Issue
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09/28/1979 | |||
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Quantity
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6,000,000 | |||
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Denomination
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20 won | |||
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Design
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Mt. Mai | |||
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Designer
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Lee Keun-Moon | |||
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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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5×5 | |||
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Paper
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White unwatermarked | |||
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Print
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Government Printing & Mint Agency of the Republic of korea | |||
| Description | ||||
| For the World Tourism Day of 1979, which is September 28 as designated by the World Tourism Organization, the Ministry of Communications is issuing two commemorative Postage Stamps. The issuance of commemoratives is already a 4-year-old practice, and the contribution made in terms of International tourism promotion has been great. Stamps have been found to be the best way to show our interest in tourism and to bring to the tourists attention such attractions as our Mt. Mai and Yongdu Rock, the themes for this year's Stamps. 1. Mt. Mai: A rocky mountain, 667-meters high, about 58km east of Chonju, North Cholla Province. The mountain is well known for its nickname "cha-ung-jae-bong" meaning "the male and female peaks rising together". At the foot of the female peak are pagodas which can be reached after a walk of 2km along the valley that divides the twin peak. These pagodas, composed of some 120, were made about sixty years ago by the hermit Lee Kap-young, by mounting/stacking a number of small rocks, one upon the other. 2. Yongdu Rock: |
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