KOREA, NORTH


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

MI 2474 80 19 Jun 84 Tortoise Ship Stamp on stamp. This stamp depicts SC North Korea #2305a, as well as a more modern ship. Issued for XIX Weltpost Kongress, Hamburg, 1984. This is the single stamp from Scott North Korea #2381. Scott does not list the single stamp, only the s/s.

SC 2305 Various 30 May 83 Tortoise Ships s/s containing 4 stamps and 2 seals. Two of the 4 stamps show tortoise ships, which were 16th century ironclad warships of the Korean navy. Flags in sheet margin. This s/s was formerly listed on this site as North Korea MI BL 145. This was before Scott began listing North Korean stamps.

SC 2305 a 20ch 30 May 83 Tortoise Ships One of the tortoise ship stamps from Scott North Korea 2305. This stamp was formerly listed on this site as North Korea MI 2367. This was before Scott began listing North Korean stamps.

SC 2305 b 35ch 30 May 83 Tortoise Ships One of the tortoise ship stamps from Scott North Korea #2305. This stamp also depicts Admiral Li Sun Sin (1545-1598), the inventor of ironclad warships and the tortoise ships in particular. It was formerly listed on this site as North Korea MI 2368. This was before Scott began listing North Korean stamps.

SC 2381 80 19 Jun 84 Tortoise Ship S/S of one stamp containing MI North Korea #2474. Issued for XIX Weltpost Kongress, Hamburg, 1984. This s/s was formerly listed on this site as North Korea MI BL 179 A. This was before Scott began listing North Korean stamps.

SC 2801 40j 01 Jan 89 Mythological Turtle A 7th century mural w/ a Tortoise-serpent and a snake. May represent a dragon w/ a turtle's shell. Identical to the tortoise-serpent on other Korean stamps. This stamp was formerly listed on this site as North Korea MI 2985. This was before Scott began listing North Korean stamps.

SC 3155 a 50j 24 Oct 92 Unidentified Sea Turtle Sheetlet of three 50j whale stamps w/ a sea turtle in border of sheet. This is Sheet II of two whale sheets issued on the same date. No turtles on stamps. Date has also been reported as 20 Oct 92. This sheet was formerly listed on this site as North Korea SG N 3211-13. This was before Scott began listing North Korean stamps.

SC 3274 50j 10 Sep 93 Carved Stone Turtle Tombstone of King Tongmyong in the form of a stone turtle. Stone doesn't look very much like a turtle on the stamp. It is a lateral view of the carapace.

SC 3274 var 50j 10 Sep 93 Carved Stone Turtle Maximum card and stamp w/ carved stone turtle near bottom right corner. Turtle is tomb of King Tongmyong and it doesn't look much like a turtle on the stamp. The card is not listed by Scott but the stamp on the card is Scott #3274, Thus I have listed the card as #3274 var (variety). Dimensions of card are 148 X 105 mm.

SC 3275 50j 10 Sep 93 Carved Stone Turtle S/S of one stamp with tombstone of King Tongmyong in the form of a stone turtle. Stone doesn't look very much like a turtle on the stamp. It is a lateral view of the carapace.

SC 3356 1.80 won 20 Jun 94 Tortoise Ship Stamp card (86 x 54 mm), w/ six airmail stamps (86 x 9 mm), each in the form of a horizontal strip w/ a tortoise ship on it. This card was formerly listed on this site as SG N 3411a, before Scott began listing North Korean stamps.

SC 3356 a-f 1.80 won 20 Jun 94 Tortoise Ship The six horizontal strip stamps on Scott North Korea #3356. Each one is assigned a suffix of "a" through "f". Some of the six stamps are identical to each other and once peeled off of the backing paper they would be impossible to distinguish.

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