Philatelic Week, this year, has a special theme on children. A painting by a child appears on this stamp, and the stamp collection selected out of those submitted by children as well as adults to the contest that the Ministry of Communications held in order to promote a sound development of children's emotion and varied aspects of knowledge, will be displayed at the annual Philatelic Week postage stamp exhibition.

For this year's Philatelic Week, the Ministry decided to issue a postage stamp carrying a painting by a child, and thus held a national painting contest for children. This contest, also designed to encourage a good hobby of stamp collecting among children and give them an opportunity to participate in the making of postage stamps, was co-sponsored by the Ministry, Dong-A Ilbo, Sonyon Dong-A Ilbo, the Dong-A Broadcasting System, and the Korean Philatelic Promotion Agency.