South Korea the Hwan-periode (1953-1962)

Three types of the stamp exist:

Type I
normal,second charakter = Han (part of the country name)


type II
second character (missing horizontal stroke) = Hin (bright)


Hwan (right from 20) correct


type III
characters of Hwan are connected

Printed in sheets of 50.Sheets are made up by 30 stamps of type I
and 10 stamps each of type II and type III.
Se-tenant stamps of different types exist.
6000 sheets (300.000 stamps) were printed.

 

same stamp,with a plate defect :last character broken.

 

President´s Rhee 81st birthday;issued March 26th,1956 (s.s. exists).

 

the above stamp (President´s Rhee 81st birthday;issued March 26th,
1956) exists on vertically laid paper (left stamp) and horizontally laid
paper (right stamp).The latter is about 50 % dearer.

 

definitives,issued May/June 1956.

 

The 20 Hwan issued Oct.19th,1955 (left stamp) and the one issued
Feb. 2nd,1955 (right stamp) not only differ by paper:left stamp
wmk.zig-zag lines (left) and laid paper (right).But there are also slight
printing differences.
Slightly confusing can be,that the major-catalogues list the stamp from
October before that one from February.

 

The 20 H.,issued in May 1956,(right stamp,see post #25),differs from
the 1955 stamps,apart from some minor details,in the last letter
of the head-inscription.

 

There is a booklet,containing 5 panes of 6 stamps each of the 20 Hwan
stamp on horizontally laid paper.
Other than shown above,the panes have selvages all around.I can only
show the lower part of an intact pane,because I do not want to damage
the only booklet I have.

The complete booklet:

Michel lists a single stamp at € 60.-,so you can imagine why I am
cautious,when handling that booklet !

 

Aditional Air-Mail stamps (to the issue of 1954),now with the altered
last letter as above,issued July 20th,1956.
Printed on (vertical) laid paper.The 110 and 205 Hwan values exist
on horizontally laid paper also.(rather expensive)
(3 s.s. exist)

 

third term of President Syngman Rhee,issued Aug.15th,1956 (2s.s. exist).

 

Melbourne Olympics,issued Nov.1st,1956 (2 s.s. exist).

 

Stamp-Day,issued Dec.4th,1956
20 Hwan: "number one" of Korea,issued 1884
50 Hwan: Seoul Central Post Office
55 Hwan: postal transport in ancient times
(3 s.s. exist)

 

Definitives on vertical laid paper,issued Dec.4th,1956.
The 10 H. and 20 H. exist also on horizontally laid paper.Such stamps
are more expensive.For comparison here the latest Michel-notations:
10 H. vertical € 3.- m.n.h.,€ 1.- used
10 H. horiz. € 220.- m.n.h.,€ 160.- used
20 H. vertical € 6.- m.n.h.,€ 1.- used
20 H. horiz. € 170.- m.n.h.,€ 110.- used
(of 10,20 and 50 H. s.s. exist)

 

Werner, I truly appreciate this sharing of your knowledge on this and other articles related. Your time, energy, and understanding do not go unappreciated. Let me know if you ever have a PDF summary. I love to harvest stamp knowledge. Stay healthy.

 

Ponderowsa,
thank you for the flowers !
No,I have no plans for a summary.
I do not post mainly for altruistic reasons.Scanning and reading,
what I do not know yet about the shown stamps,is a pleasure to me.
I guess I learn a lot more about the different subjects,than a reader
of my posts ever can.Unless this reader feels inspired to have a closer
look into the matter on his own.
It also helps to let my English not to become too rusty.
And yes,I feel some pride to show some of the not that common
stamps from my collection(s) to other collectors,who might be
interested.That are not too many,if I take the use of the like-button
as a measurement.
But then there are not that many members of this forum,taking part
on a regular base.You,as a "new member" of more than six years,
will know that !
Easter Monday and today we had snowshowers all the time.The week
before there were well above 20° C and sunshine for days.That´s
April in Germany.
From this week on people of my age-group can apply for a date
to get vaccinated.So hopefully the threat of Covid-19 will soon
be gone,hopefully for good !
Hope the same will be true for you !
Werner

 

Jan./Feb.1957 definitives,now with watermark 2.


South-Korea used three watermarks:
watermark 1 was used from 1946 -1955
followed 1955/56 by stamps on laid paper
watermark 2 was used in 1957
watermark 3 was in use from December 1957 till 1964

 

5th anniversary of Korea´s admission to the U.I.T. (I.T.U.)
issued Jan.31st,1957 (s.s. exists).

 

50th anniversary of Scouting in Korea; issued Feb.27th,1957 (s.s. exists).

 

Definitives,Watermark 2,granite paper;
issued 1957 June 15th 2,40,100,200 H.,June 25th 4,5,10,20,50 H.,
July 5th 30,55,400,500,1000 H.
(part I of 2)
(2,4,20,40,55 and 100 H. s.s. exist)

 

(part II of 2)
(10,30,200 and 400 H. s.s. exist)