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Bird stamps from Korea, South

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Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name

1949.01   01.07.1949   Definitives      
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    10w     32     Red-crowned Crane     Grus japonensis     

1949.02   01.12.1949   Definitives      
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    65w     166     Oriental Magpie     Pica serica     

1951.01   01.04.1951   Definitives      
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    5w     32     Red-crowned Crane     Grus japonensis     

1951.02   03.12.1951   Surcharge on 1949.01-2      
    300w     32     Red-crowned Crane     Grus japonensis     
    300w     166     Eurasian Magpie     Pica pica     

1960.01   28.09.1960   Korean telegraph service      
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    40h     188     Barn Swallow     Hirundo rustica     

1960.02   28.09.1960   Korean telegraph service   Sheet, imp   1960.01
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    40h     188     Barn Swallow     Hirundo rustica     

1961.01   01.12.1961   Definitives      
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    40h     102     White-bellied Woodpecker     Dryocopus javensis     

1966.01   15.03.1966   Korean birds      
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    3w     8     Mandarin Duck     Aix galericulata     
    5w     32     Red-crowned Crane     Grus japonensis     
    7w     13     Common Pheasant     Phasianus colchicus     

1966.02   15.03.1966   Korean birds      1966.01
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    3w     8     Mandarin Duck     Aix galericulata     imp
    5w     32     Red-crowned Crane     Grus japonensis     imp
    7w     13     Common Pheasant     Phasianus colchicus     imp

1973.01   10.10.1973   Definitives      
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    10w     32     Red-crowned Crane     Grus japonensis     Blue

1974.01   20.04.1974   Definitives   Booklet   1973.01
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    10w     32     Red-crowned Crane     Grus japonensis     

1976.01   20.02.1976   Birds      
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    20w     32     White-naped Crane     Antigone vipio     
    20w     23     Great Bustard     Otis tarda     

1976.02   20.05.1976   Birds      
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    20w     114     Fairy Pitta     Pitta nympha     
    20w     102     White-bellied Woodpecker     Dryocopus javensis     

1976.03   20.07.1976   Birds      
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    20w     27     Black Wood Pigeon     Columba janthina     
    20w     40     Eurasian Oystercatcher     Haematopus ostralegus     

1976.04   20.09.1976   Birds      
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    20w     64     Black Stork     Ciconia nigra     
    20w     69     Black-faced Spoonbill     Platalea minor     

1976.05   20.11.1976   Birds      
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    20w     78     Cinereous Vulture     Aegypius monachus     
    20w     8     Tundra Swan     Cygnus columbianus     

1976.06   01.12.1976   Year of the snake   2v set   
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    20w     32     Red-crowned Crane     Grus japonensis     

1977.01   01.10.1977   Definitives      
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    3w     166     Oriental Magpie     Pica serica     

1979.01   20.05.1979   Nature conservation      
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    20w     8     Mandarin Duck     Aix galericulata     

1979.02   31.05.1979   New colour      1973.01
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    10w     32     Red-crowned Crane     Grus japonensis     Green

1980.01   10.03.1980   Paintings   2v set   
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    60w     166     Oriental Magpie     Pica serica     

1981.01   05.06.1981   World environment day      
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    90w     64     Oriental Stork     Ciconia boyciana     

1982.01   01.12.1982   Year of the pig   2v set   
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    60w     166     Oriental Magpie     Pica serica     

1983.01   01.07.1983   Insurance      
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    70w     8     Whooper Swan     Cygnus cygnus     

1983.02   01.12.1983   Year of the rat   2v set   
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    70w     32     Red-crowned Crane     Grus japonensis     

1983.03   01.12.1983   Year of the rat   2x1v sheet   1983.02
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    70w     32     Red-crowned Crane     Grus japonensis     

1986.01   20.12.1986   Birds      
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    80w     160     Black-naped Oriole     Oriolus chinensis     
    80w     90     Black-capped Kingfisher     Halcyon pileata     
    80w     84     Eurasian Hoopoe     Upupa epops     
    80w     88     Oriental Dollarbird     Eurystomus orientalis     
    80w     175     Japanese Waxwing     Bombycilla japonica     

1987.01   30.07.1987   Birds   clr   1986.01
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    80w     160     Black-naped Oriole     Oriolus chinensis     
    80w     90     Black-capped Kingfisher     Halcyon pileata     
    80w     84     Eurasian Hoopoe     Upupa epops     
    80w     88     Oriental Dollarbird     Eurystomus orientalis     
    80w     175     Japanese Waxwing     Bombycilla japonica     

1987.02   28.11.1987   Antarctic treaty      
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    80w     59     Chinstrap Penguin     Pygoscelis antarcticus     

1988.01   16.02.1988   Antarctic base      
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    80w     59     Gentoo Penguin     Pygoscelis papua     

1988.02   01.04.1988   WWF   Strip   
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    80w     32     White-naped Crane     Antigone vipio     
    80w     32     White-naped Crane     Antigone vipio     
    80w     32     White-naped Crane     Antigone vipio     
    80w     32     White-naped Crane     Antigone vipio     

1991.01   02.12.1991   Year of the monkey   2v set   
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    100w     166     Eurasian Magpie     Pica pica     

1991.02   02.12.1991   Year of the monkey   2x100w sheet   1991.01
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    100w     166     Eurasian Magpie     Pica pica     

1993.01   24.05.1993   Definitives      
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    20w     64     Oriental Stork     Ciconia boyciana     

1994.01   22.04.1994   Definitives      
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    90w     80     Oriental Scops Owl     Otus sunia     

1994.02   12.09.1994   Definitives      
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    180w     52     Little Tern     Sternula albifrons     

1995.01   01.11.1995   Definitives      1994.02
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    210w     52     Little Tern     Sternula albifrons     

1996.01   22.01.1996   Definitives      
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    300w     186     Eurasian Skylark     Alauda arvensis     

1997.01   01.07.1997   Definitives      
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    80w     204     Warbling White-eye     Zosterops japonicus     

1997.02   01.11.1997   Definitives      1994.02
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    260w     52     Little Tern     Sternula albifrons     

1997.03   15.12.1997   Definitives      
    170w     49     Far Eastern Curlew     Numenius madagascariensis     

1998.01   19.02.1998   Definitives      
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    50w     30     Watercock     Gallicrex cinerea     

1998.02   15.10.1998   Definitives      1997.03
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    170w     49     Far Eastern Curlew     Numenius madagascariensis     With Braille printing

1999.01   01.05.1999   Centenary of Masan port      
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    170w     52     Black-tailed Gull     Larus crassirostris     

1999.02   05.06.1999   Protection of endangered species      
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    170w     104     Peregrine Falcon     Falco peregrinus     
    170w     78     Chinese Sparrowhawk     Accipiter soloensis     
    340w     78     Steller's Sea Eagle     Haliaeetus pelagicus     
    340w     80     Eurasian Eagle-Owl     Bubo bubo     

2000.01   17.01.2000   Definitives      
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    20w     70     Black-crowned Night Heron     Nycticorax nycticorax     

2002.01   15.01.2002   Definitives      
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    210w     104     Common Kestrel     Falco tinnunculus     
    280w     224     Yellow-rumped Flycatcher     Ficedula zanthopygia     

2002.02   15.03.2002   Definitives      
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    60w     237     Chinese Grosbeak     Eophona migratoria     

2003.01   30.05.2003   Lighthouse      
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    190w     52     Common Gull     Larus canus     

2004.01   16.01.2004   Nature of Dokdo   4v strip   
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    190w     63     Streaked Shearwater     Calonectris leucomelas     
    190w     52     Black-tailed Gull     Larus crassirostris     

2005.01   01.09.2005   Definitives      
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    50w     80     Tawny Owl     Strix aluco     

2006.01   18.01.2006   Nature of Baengnyeongdo   4v sheet   
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    220w     68     Pelagic Cormorant     Urile pelagicus     

2006.02   05.06.2006   Definitives      
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    90w     182     Japanese Tit     Parus minor     

2006.03   01.11.2006   Definitives   4v set   
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    250w     80     Northern Boobook     Ninox japonica     
    340w     8     Tundra Swan     Cygnus columbianus     

2008.01   15.02.2008   Antarctic station   Sheet with 5 each   
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    250w     53     South Polar Skua     Stercorarius maccormicki     
    and     59     Gentoo Penguin     Pygoscelis papua     
    250w     59     Chinstrap Penguin     Pygoscelis antarcticus     
    and     59     King Penguin     Aptenodytes patagonicus     

2011.01   03.06.2011   Preserve the polar regions and glaciers   2v set   
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    250w     59     Adelie Penguin     Pygoscelis adeliae     

2014.01   20.11.2014   Definitives      
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    400w     114     Fairy Pitta     Pitta nympha     

2015.01   24.04.2015   Korea-Bolivia diplomatic relations      
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    *     8     Scaly-sided Merganser     Mergus squamatus     
    *     123     Palkachupa Cotinga     Phibalura boliviana     

2016.01   22.11.2016   Nature in the DMZ of Korea      
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    300w     182     Japanese Tit     Parus minor     
    300w     69     Black-faced Spoonbill     Platalea minor     

2017.01   29.05.2017   National park service   2v set   
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    330w     114     Fairy Pitta     Pitta nympha     

2017.02   05.06.2017   Nature in the DMZ of Korea   2v set   
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    330w     90     Common Kingfisher     Alcedo atthis     

2019.01   27.11.2019   Falconry      
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    380w     78     Eurasian Goshawk     Accipiter gentilis     
    380w     78     Eurasian Goshawk     Accipiter gentilis     
    and     13     Common Pheasant     Phasianus colchicus     

2019.02   27.11.2019   Falconry   Sheet   2019.01
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    380w     78     Eurasian Goshawk     Accipiter gentilis     
    380w     78     Eurasian Goshawk     Accipiter gentilis     
    and     13     Common Pheasant     Phasianus colchicus     

2021.01   06.04.2021   Folding screen with birds, flowers and animals   10v sheet   
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    380w     221     Crested Myna     Acridotheres cristatellus     
    380w     78     Eurasian Goshawk     Accipiter gentilis     
    380w     166     Eurasian Magpie     Pica pica     

2021.02   29.10.2021   Definitives   3v set   
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    100w     163     Black Paradise Flycatcher     Terpsiphone atrocaudata     

2022.01   03.06.2022   Endangered species returned to nature   2v set   
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    430w     69     Crested Ibis     Nipponia nippon     

2023.01   14.07.2023   Protected marine species      
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    430w     52     Saunders's Gull     Saundersilarus saundersi     
    430w     49     Far Eastern Curlew     Numenius madagascariensis     
    430w     40     Eurasian Oystercatcher     Haematopus ostralegus     
    430w     69     Black-faced Spoonbill     Platalea minor