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Republic of Korea
SERIES of Stamp Issues

By the end of 1962, the time had arrived for the Ministry of Communication's Bureau of Post to plan and execute the first "series of stamp issues" over an extended period of time. This was done with the "First Five-Year Economic Development Plan"; a series of stamp issues that began in 1962 with the issue of two stamps, and continued for the next five years.

For those who read Hangul, and have seen the stamp listings of the Korean Postage Stamp Catalogue (KPC), or the Korean Standard Stamp Catalogue (KSC), I draw your attention to two stamp listings which are identified as Shee-ree-ju/Series: 1963.12.17; National Musical Instruments; and 1964.05.25; 1st Sightseeing Series/Tourist Attractions. Since all of the stamps involved in these two issues were printed and released on the Issue-date, I consider these issues to be "sets-of- stamps", and not "series".

Stamp No. Date of Issue Subject/Topic # of
Issue/s		 Remarks
341-342
368-369
414-415
456-457
504-505		 1962.12.28
1963.09.01
1964.06.15
1965.06.01
1966.06.01		 1st Five-year Economic Develoment Plan Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #1
445, 446,
448, 450,
454, 458,
464, 465,
471, 479,
482, 487		 The 15th of
Jan. thru Dec.,
1965		 Plant Series
This series is closed		 1 each SERIES:
    #2
493-495
506-508
522-534
537-539		 1966.03.15
1966.06.15
1966.09.15
1966.12.20		 Fauna Series
This series is closed		 3
3
3
3		 SERIES:
    #3
543-545
553-555
563-565
574-576		 1967.03.15
1967.06.15
1967.09.15
1967.12.15		 Folklore Series
This series is closed		 3
3
3
3		 SERIES:
    #4
551-552
613-614
663-664
718-719
792-793		 1967.06.01
1968.12.05
1969.12.05
1970.12.05
1971.12.05		 2nd Five-Year Economic Development Plan-Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #5
640-643
658-661
669-672
675-678
683-686		 1969.09.01
1969.11.01
1970.01.05
1970.03.05
1970.05.05		 Fable Series
This series is closed		 4
4
4
4
4		 SERIES:
    #6
698-700
711-713
720-722
766-771
773-775
777-781		 1970.08.31
1970.10.30
1970.12.30
1971.06.20
1971.07.20
1971.08.20		 Famous Painting Series
This series is closed		 3
3
3
6
3
5		 SERIES:
    #7
723-725
726-728
730-732		 1971.01.05
1971.02.05
1971.03.05		 Economic Development Series
This series is closed		 3
3
3		 SERIES:
    #8
810-811
823-824
830-831		 1972.05.30
1972.09.20
1972.12.10		 National Park Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #9
833-834
843-844
848-849
856-857
866-867		 1973.02.20
1973.04.20
1973.06.20
1973.08.20
1973.10.20		 2nd Sightseeing Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #10
839-840
846-847
853-854
859-860
870-871		 1973.03.30
1973.05.30
1973.07.30
1973.09.30
1973.11.30		 (Royal Court) Clothes Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #11
882-883
890-891
898-899
905-906
916-917		 1974.02.20
1974.04.20
1974.06.20
1974.08.20
1974.10.20		 Musical Instrument Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #12
886-887
895-896
900-901
907-908
924-925		 1974.03.30
1974.05.30
1974.07.30
1974.09.30
1974.11.30		 Fruit Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #13
935-936
948-949
954-955
970-971
986-987		 1975.02.20
1975.04.20
1975.06.20
1975.08.20
1975.10.20		 Folk Dance Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #14
939-940
950-951
961-962
975-976
990-991		 1975.03.15
1975.05.15
1975.07.15
1975.09.15
1975.11.15		 FLower Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #15
996-997
1002-1003
1021-1022
1029-1030
1038-1039		 1976.01.20
1976.03.20
1976.06.20
1976.08.20
1976.10.20		 Butterfly Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #16
999-1000
1018-1019
1026-1027
1032-1033
1040-1041		 1976.02.20
1976.05.20
1976.07.20
1976.09.20
1976.11.20		 Bird Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #17
1048-1049
1057-1058
1059-1060
1062-1063
1076-1077		 1977.03.15
1977.06.15
1977.07.15
1977.08.15
1977.11.15		 Ceramics Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #18
1087-1088
1093-1094
1096-1097
1098-1099
1114-1115		 1978.03.20
1978.05.20
1978.06.20
1978.07.20
1978.11.20		 Stone Pagoda Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #19
1120-1121
1135-1136
1139-1140
1153-1154
1158-1159		 1979.02.20
1979.05.20
1979.06.20
1979.11.20
1980.01.20		 Nature Conservation Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #20
1124-1128
1144
1148-1149
1151-1152
1162-1163
1169-1170
1175-1176
1183-1184
1198-1199		 1979.04.01
1979.09.01
1979.10.15
1979.11.15
1980.02.20
1980.04.20
1980.05.20
1980.08.20
1980.11.20		 5000 Years of Korean Art Series
This series is closed		 4
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #21
1164-1165
1172-1174
1179-1180
1181-1182
1194-1197		 1980.03.10
1980.05.10
1980.07.10
1980.08.09
1980.11.10		 Korean Folk Painting Series
This series is closed		 2
3
2
2
4		 SERIES:
    #22
1204-1205
1209-1210
1220-1221
1222-1223
1240-1241		 1981.03.13
1981.05.10
1981.07.10
1981.08.10
1981.11.10		 Ships Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #23
1257-1258
1259-1260
1274-1275
1281-1282		 1982.06.15
1982.07.15
1982.10.15
1982.12.15		 Korean People's Documentary Painting Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #24
1286-1287
1290-1291
1295-1296
1306-1307
1310-1311		 1983.02.25
1983.03.25
1983.05.25
1983.07.25
1983.08.25		 Korean-Made Cars Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #25
1292-1293
1297-1298
1308-1309
1334-1335
1336-1337		 1983.04.22
1983.06.10
1983.08.10
1984.02.10
1984.03.10		 Korean Postal Service, Yesterday and Today Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #26
1374-1375
1393-1394
1441-1445
1511-1514
1539-1542
1555-1558
1612-1615		 1985.02.19
1985.08.20
1986.08.26
1987.09.10
1988.08.25
1989.02.25
1990.09.25		 Korean Folkways Series
This series is closed		 2
2
5
4
4
4
4		 SERIES:
    #27
1376-1377
1386-1387
1397-1398
1403-1404
1411-1418
1453-1456
1459-1462
1492-1495
1517-1520
1527-1528
1535-1536		 1985.03.20
1985.06.10
1985.09.16
1985.11.01
1986.03.25
1986.10.10
1986.11.01
1987.05.25
1987.10.10
1988.03.05
1988.05.06		 '88' Seoul Olympic Games Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
4
2
2
4
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #28
1378-1379
1390-1391
1464-1467
1497-1500
1572-1575		 1985.04.10
1985.07.05
1986.12.01
1987.06.22
1989.09.04		 Korean Modern Art Series
This series is closed		 2
2
4
4
4		 SERIES:
    #29
1384-1385
1437-1440
1503-1506
1578-1581
1599-1602
1645-1648		 1985.05.30
1986.07.25
1987.07.25
1989.09.30
1990.07.02
1991.06.08		 Fishes Series
This series is closed		 2
4
4
4
4
4		 SERIES:
    #30
1395-1396
1435-1436
1485-1486
1551-1552
1559-1560
1588-1589
1629-1630
1687-1688
1731-1732		 1985.09.10
1986.06.25
1987.03.25
1988.11.15
1989.03.27
1990.02.26
1991.03.27
1992.07.13
1993.09.13		 Music Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #31
1423-1424
1489-1490
1533-1534
1561-1562
1592-1593		 1986.04.21
1987.04.21
1988.04.21
1989.04.21
1990.04.21		 Science Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #32
1608-1611
1650-1653
1683-1686
1747-1750
1790-1793
1821-1824
1857-1860
1903-1906		 1990.08.25
1991.07.26
1992.06.22
1993.12.20
1994.10.04
1995.07.24
1996.04.22
1997.06.19		 The Korean Wild Flowers Series
This series is closed		 4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4		 SERIES:
    #33
1658-1661
1672-1675		 1991.09.26
1992.02.24		 National Musical Instrument Series
This series is closed		 4
4		 SERIES:
    #34
1664-1667
1695-1698
1736-1739
1766-1769
1815-1818
1882-1885
1926-1929
1970-1977
2015-2022
2101-2104		 1991.10.26
1992.09.21
1993.10.11
1994.07.18
1995.05.22
1996.11.01
1997.11.03
1998.11.20
1999.11.03
2000.11.16		 Korean Beauty Series
This series is closed		 4
4
4
4
4
4
4
8
8
4		 SERIES:
    #35
1722-25
1760-63
1806-09
1873-76
1909-12
1957-60		 1993.07.26
1994.05.30
1995.03.31
1996.08.19
1997.07.21
1998.07.04		 Mushroom Series
This series is closed		 4
4
4
4
4
4		 SERIES:
    #36
1813-14
1862-63
1896-97
1946-47
1983-88
2067-68
2155-56
2214-15
2320-21
2375-76		 1995.05.04
1996.05.04
1997.05.03
1998.05.04
1999.05.03
2000.05.04
2001.05.04
2002.05.04
2003.05.02
2004.05.04		 Cartoon Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
6
2
2
2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #37
1829-30
1877-78
1935-36
1963-64
2006-13
2077-81		 1995.09.25
1996.09.16
1997.12.12
1998.09.14
1999.10.20
2000.08.01		 Literature Series
This series is closed		 2
2
2
2
8
5		 SERIES:
    #38
1999-2004
2024-29
2037-41
2053-57
2062-66
2071-75
2084-89
2094-99
2120-25
2147-51
2167-71		 1999.10.02
1999.11.16
2000.01.03
2000.03.02
2000.05.01
2000.07.01
2000.09.01
2000.11.01
2001.01.02
2001.04.02
2001.07.02		 Millennium Series
This series is closed		 6
6
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
5
5		 SERIES:
    #39
2045-48
2137-40
2204-07
2305-08
2362-65		 2000.02.01
2001.02.01
2002.02.04
2003.02.04
2004.02.04		 Train Series
This series is closed		 4
4
4
4
4		 SERIES:
    #40
2163-66
2222-25
2327-30
2378-81
2439-42		 2001.06.15
2002.06.15
2003.06.13
2004.06.15
2005.06.15		 Korean Food Series
This series is closed		 4
4
4
4
4		 SERIES:
    #41
2183-86
2289-92
2348-51
2417-20
2463-66		 2001.11.12
2002.11.12
2003.11.12
2004.11.12
2005.11.11		 Korean Orchid Series
This series is closed		 4
4
4
4
4		 SERIES:
    #42
2208-11
2309-12
2366-69
2430-33		 2002.02.25
2003.02.22
2004.02.25
2005.02.25		 Traditional Dye Plants Series
This series is closed		 4
4
4
4		 SERIES:
    #43
2394-97
2453-56
2506-09
2577-80		 2004.09.24
2005.09.23
2006.09.26
2007.09.28		 Korean Bridge Series 4
4
4
4		 SERIES:
    #44
2399-2402
2457-60
2526-29
2582-85		 2004.10.18
2005.10.18
2006.11.16
2007.10.18		 Celebrated Mountains of Korea Special 4
4
4
4		 SERIES:
    #45
2443-44
2497-98
2567-68		 2005.07.01
2006.07.03
2007-07-02		 Goguryeo 2
2
2		 SERIES:
    #46
2501-04
2572-75		 2006.09.05
2007.09.05		 Extreme Sports 4
4		 SERIES:
    #47
2535-38 2007.01.18 Rivers of Korea Series 4 SERIES:
    #48
2586-89 2007.10.26 Korean Film Series 4 SERIES:
    #49

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