New Issues - Asia

Edited Extract from:
LINN's Stamp News, April 18, 2005, edition.
By Denise McCarty

North Korea

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South Korea

Feb. 23, 2005: Rotary International 100th Anniversary,
220 won, emblem, man flying through air, heart.
Designer, Jae-yong Shin; gravure in sheets of 20, Korea Minting & Security Printing; 1.6 million.

Feb. 25: Traditional Dye Plants,
four se-tenant 220w stamps,
Clerodendron trichotomum Thunb.; Gardenia jasminoides Ellis for grandiflora Makino;
Taxus cuspidate Sieb. Et Zucc; Smilax china Linn.
Designer, Gi-seog Lee; gravure in sheets of 20, Korea Minting & Security Printing; 700,000 sets.

March 10: Visit Gyeonggi Year,
220w, symbolic design with vase, mask, dove with branch.
Designer, Ji-won Mo; offset in sheets of 20, Korea Minting & Security Printing; 1.6 million.