POSTAGE STAMPS FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR
  
information on Korean stamp
Date of Issue |
: 1965.12.11 |
Types |
: 2 |
Denomination |
: 4 won |
Design |
: Children and South Gate |
Stamp No. |
: 486 |
Printing Process
& Colors |
: Lithographed Pale green, Yellowish red, Purplish blue |
Size of Stamp |
: null |
WholeSheet
Composition |
: 10×10 |
Image Area |
: 25×22 |
Paper |
: Fibrinous Unwmkd |
Perforation |
: 12½ |
Printer |
: Korea Government Printing Agency |
Designer |
: Kim, Soon Deuk |
Quantity |
: 300000 |
Detail
`At parting the old year and greeting new year, everyone shall be busy in beginning new things, adjusting or achieving the old ones. Of all these things, it is a especially remarkable fine custom to forward New Year`s Card wishing happy new year and inquiring after the near and far relationships and friends.
When the accumulated story among remote friends calls to mind by the time of closing old year, the mind of sender and destination shall be full of delight in sending or receiving a letter from greeting new year written with whole heart.
In order to make the sender more joyful and the destination happier, and to wish happy new year as well as their fortune to all the nation, this Administration issues 2 kind of postage stamps for New Year`s Greeting.`