Since 1945, Korea has been divided into two separate countries: North Korea and South Korea. North Korea has boundaries with China in the north west and Russia in the north east. Its capital is Pyongyang. South Korea is a peninsula surrounded by the Yellow Sea, the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan. It has a land border to the north with North Korea. Its capital is Seoul.
Both North Korea and South Korea have issued stamps since 1946. The wording on the North Korean stamps is mostly Korean, with the term “KPR Korea” written in English. An interesting fact about the North Korean stamps is that until the Railway Locomotive series of 1976, all stamps were ungummed. Thereafter most stamps were gummed.
South Korea
1900
National Emblems Series
SG # 22a
Used (Hinged)
1953
Various Stamps – New Currency
SG # 201
Used (Hinged)
1955
Reconstruction Series
SG # 269
Used (Hinged)
Various Scenes Series
SG # 281
Used (Hinged)
SG # 316
Used (Hinged)
SG # 288
Used (Hinged)
1961
Various Scenes Series
SG # 416
Used (Hinged)
1962
New Currency Series
SG # 549
Used (Hinged)
SG # 551
Used (Hinged)
SG # 553
Used (Hinged)
1965
10th Communications Day Series
SG # 613
Used (Hinged)
Various Scenes Series
SG # 644
Used (Hinged)
SG # 648
Used (Hinged)
SG # 649
Used (Hinged)
1966
Various Scenes Series
SG # 1069a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1069c
Used (Hinged)
1979
Various Scenes Series
SG # 1374
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1375
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1381
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1386
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1388
Used (Hinged)
I was unable to find this stamp in my edition of SG
Used (Hinged)
North Korea
1959
Game Preservation Series
SG # N201
Used (Hinged)
SG # N203
Used (Hinged)
SG # N204
Used (Hinged)
1962
Marine Life Series
SG # N297
Used (Hinged)
Animals Series
SG # N436
Used (Hinged)
1963
Mount Myohyang Resort Series
SG # N486
Used (Hinged)
1964
Domestic Poultry Series
SG # N531
Used (Hinged)
1965
Wading Birds Series
SG # N650
Used (Hinged)
SG # N651
Used (Hinged)
Korean Molluscs Series
SG # N652
Used (Hinged)
Korean Ducks
SG # N657
Used (Hinged)
Korean Flowers
SG # N664
Used (Hinged)
1966
80th Anniversary of Labour Day Series
SG # N689
Used (Hinged)
30th Anniversary of Association for Restoration of Fatherland
SG # N690
Used (Hinged)
Korean Fishes Series
SG # N696
Used (Hinged)
SG # N697
Used (Hinged)
SG # N698
Used (Hinged)
Cosmonaut’s Day Series
SG # N712
Used (Hinged)
Industrial Uses of Aircraft Series
SG # N730
Used (Hinged)
Korean Birds Series (Inscribed 1966)
SG # N740
Used (Hinged)
SG # N741
Used (Hinged)
SG # N742
Used (Hinged)
SG # N744
Used (Hinged)
Increased Production with Economy Series
SG # N745
Used (Hinged)
Wild Fruit Series
SG # N759
Used (Hinged)
1967
Crabs Series
SG # N807
Used (Hinged)
SG # N808
Used (Hinged)
1969
Rabbits Series
SG # N890
Used (Hinged)
SG # N891
Used (Hinged)
SG # N892
Used (Hinged)
Korean Poultry Series
SG # N917
Used (Hinged)
Korean Fishes Series
SG # N936
Used (Hinged)
1972
Executive Decisions of the Workers’ Party Congress Series
SG # N973
Used (Hinged)
Tasks of the Six-Year Plan Series – The Mining Industry (Inscribed 1971-1976)
SG # N1092
Used
Tasks of the Six-Year Plan Series – Transport (Inscribed 1971-1976)
SG # N1110
Used
1973
Museum of the Korean Revolution Series
SG # N1141
Used (NH)
Mansudae Art Troupe – Dances
SG # N1156
Used
1974
Opening of Pyongyang Metro Series
SG # N1219
Used
Five Fronts of Socialist Construction Series
SG # N1224
Used
15th Anniversary of Pyongyang Zoo Series
SG # N1251
Used
SG # N1252
Used
SG # N1253
Used
SG # N1255
Used
SG # N1258
Used
Frogs and Toad Series
SG # N1277
Used
SG # N1278
Used
Deep-sea Fishing Series
SG # N1327
Used
1975
Pyongyang Zoo Series
SG # N1352
Used
SG # N1353
Used
Modern Korean Paintings, 4th Series
SG # N1392
Used (Hinged)
1976
Railway Locomotives Series
SG # N1504
Used
Locomotives Series
SG # N1572
Used
1977
Five-point Programme for Remaking Nature Series
SG # N1601
Used
1999
Whales and Dolphins Series
SG # N3212
Used (Hinged)