New Stamps Issued
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK
Pyongyang, July 7 (KCNA) -- The Korea Stamp Corporation has issued ten kinds of stamps with photographs of President Kim Il Sung.
The new stamps include four sheetlets, each having two kinds of stamps, a souvenir sheet and an individual stamp.
Printed in the upper parts of the sheetlets and the sheet are words "The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung will always be with us", "Juche 83(1994)" and "Juche 93(2004)".
Contained in the first sheetlet are stamps carrying photos of the President being among workers and giving field guidance to the Chongsan Cooperative Farm and pictures of a long-distance belt conveyer and a socialist rural community.
The second sheetlet contains stamps with photographs of the President among servicepersons and children and pictures showing military parade columns and cheerful schoolchildren against the background of the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace.
Included in the third one are stamps carrying a photo of the President receiving Rev. Mun Ik Hwan, who was an adviser to the Coalition for National Democratic Movement of south Korea, and a photo of him making indefatigable efforts for the cause of global independence.
With stamps showing pictures of Kim Il Sung standing on the peak of Mt. Paektu together with Kim Jong Il and giving on-the-spot guidance to the Academy of Sciences, the fourth one bespeaks that under the guidance of Kim Jong Il, the President is immortal and the future of the nation will be brighter.
The souvenir sheet carries a picture of the President, with a broad smile on his face, waving to cheering crowds and, below it, shows the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, the Tower of the Juche Idea, Kimilsungia and Kimjongilia. Seen in the individual stamp is the Tower of Immortality.
The face value of the stamps is 12, 112 and 116 won respectively.
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