Postage stamps and postal history of South Korea
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of South Korea.
1946 stamp of South Korea, showing the whole Korean Peninsula.
1946 stamp of South Korea commemorating liberation from Japanese colonial rule.
South Korea is a country in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula.
First stamps
At the end of World War II, the southern half of the peninsula was administered by the United States. The first stamps of South Korea were issued on 1 February 1946 by overprinting Japanese stamps.[1][2] The Republic of Korea was proclaimed on August 15, 1948.
See also
References
- Korea. Sandafayre Stamp Atlas. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20180303052933/http://www.stampworldhistory.com/country-profiles-2/asia/korea-%EC%A1%B0%EC%84%A0-%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD/ Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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