New Issues - Asia

Edited Extract from:
LINN's Stamp News, Nov. 12, 2007, edition.
By Denise McCarty

North Korea

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SOUTH KOREA

Sept. 5: Extreme Sports/Inline Skating,
four se-tenant 250-won stamps showing different moves, drop in; flip; spin; grind.
Designer, Eunkyung Park; gravure in sheets of 16, Korea Minting & Security Printing; 600,000 sets.

Sept. 21: Korea’s First Bar Association 100th Anniversary,
250w, symbolic lawyer, bird.
Designer, Jiwon Mo; offset in sheets of 20, Korea Minting & Security Printing; 1.6 million.

Sept. 28: Bridges/Part 4,
four se-tenant 250w stamps, Gwangan; Seongsu; Seongsan; Yeongjong.
Designer, Giseog Lee; photographer, Changhwan Kim; gravure in sheets of 16, Korea Minting & Security Printing; 560,000 sets.

Oct. 2: Inter-Korean Summit,
250w, dove, Korean peninsula.
Designer, Sojeong Kim; gravure in sheets of 16, Korea Minting & Security Printing; 1.6 million.

Oct. 18: Mountains/Part 4/Mount Baekdusan (joint issue with North Korea),
four se-tenant 250w stamps, Lake Samjiyeon; Lake Chonji; Hyeongje Falls; Rimyeongsu Falls.
Designer, Eunkyung Park; photograhers, Yongnam Kim, Jeongsoo Lee; gravure in sheets of 16, Korea Minting & Security Printing; 560,000 sets.

Oct. 26: Korean Film,
four se-tenant 250w stamps, Arirang; Looking for Love; The Ownerless Ferryboat; Chunhyangjeon.
Designer, Junghwa Roh; gravure in sheets of 16, Korea Minting & Security Printing; 560,000 sets.