Date of Issue: 1 october 2008Denomination: 250 won The year 2008 is a very meaningful year that marks the 100th anniversary of the Salvation Army’s entry into Korea. The Salvation Army was created in 1865 by William Booth, a Methodist pastor at a church in a London slum that preached and took care of the [...]

Date of Issue: 05/09/2008Denomination: 250 won x 4Snowboarding is featured as the third installment in the Extreme Sports series. Snowboarding is a sport that requires riding a long plank-shaped board down a snowy slope that enables spinning and remarkable maneuvers. Snowboarding is seen as having sprung from “Snurfer” (a compound word combining “snow” and “surfer”) [...]

Date of Issue: August 7, 2008Denomination: 250 won x 2To promote stamp collecting and to proliferate philatelic culture, Korea Post has annually designated the “Philately Week” while concurrently holding the Korea Philatelic Exhibition during that week. This year, the Korea Philatelic Exhibition will be held from August 7 to August 11, at Pacific Hall, COEX, [...]

Date of Issue: August 1, 2008Denomination: 250 won x 4The entire world is enduring the pain of soaring oil prices. Depletion of energy resources as well as the resulting shortage has been long predicted. In spite of countries across the world making great efforts to resolve this issue, they have not been able to find [...]

Date of Issue : 8-5-2008Denominations: 250 won Each www.mycovercollection.blogspot.com

Date of Issue: April 22, 2008Denomination: 250 won Korea Post held “The 2008 International Postage Stamp Design Contest” under the theme of “the mailbox of the future.” A total of 5,327 works were submitted and 15 award-winning works were selected for the Grand Prize, Award of Excellence, Honorable Mention, and Special Prize. The “Special Stamp [...]