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| 1977: Kim Il Sung's 65th Birthday (Paintings) |
First day at school with Kim Il Sung, makes one wonder if the kids think school is like this everyday. There was also another stamp in 1977 to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the country's 11 year education. By the time they are well into the 11 years (today 12 years) schooling they will be happy to run off and play
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| 1979: International Year of the Child |
North Korea Post went big on stamps for the International Year of the Child issuing four different sets of stamps and many miniature sheets.
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| 1979: Sika Deer |
More children but this time cute fauns and a male deer pacing outside. The deer on the stamp set are on a farm (very few are left in the wild in Korea) and I think the Bowl of Hygieia symbol (usually connected with pharmacy and medicine) might indicate the Sika deer's horns and antlers are being used in traditional medicine.
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| 1978: White-Bellied Black Woodpecker Preservation (Tristram's Woodpeckers) |
It is thought that fewer than 50 of these woodpeckers exist and only in North Korea so those hungry chicks are very important. The parents will be kept very busy.
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| Pyongyang Maternity Hospital baby sign |
Sunday Stamps II prompt of the letter K - for Korea, kids and Kim -
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5 comments:
Love the woodpeckers - even the ones that visit our garden.
Thanks for posting stamps from such an unusual country. I've never got mail from there, and I guess it is unlikely that I get it in the near future!
I agree, fascinating to see stamps from N Korea.
Love woodpeckers, too, there is one that lives in the neighborhood. Very rarely seen, although I can always hear it.
It's a shame we don't see more NK stamps; these ones are very nice.
Thaanks great blog post
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