Stamps of New Korea Convey People’s Impression at That Time

Stamps are witnesses and records of history as they reflect characteristic aspects of relevant countries and social circumstances of the times.

In December １９４５, President Kim Il Sung assigned an official concerned the task to produce stamps although he was very busy with the work for state founding. Then he inspected the new stamps including "Samsonam" in March the next year.

Referring to the importance of stamps that day, the President instructed that we should, in the future, widely inform the world how beautiful country Korea is and how diligent and upright the Korean people are.

The stamps inspected by the President were widely spread among our people who were filled with delight of Korea’s liberation.

The stamps "Master of Land" and "To Mark the Second Anniversary of Promulgation of Labour Law" produced later vividly represented the dramatic changes in our people’s destiny and their happy life under the care of President Kim Il Sung.

At that time the stamps such as "To Mark Anniversary of Establishment of the DPRK Central Government" gave boundless pride and self-respect to the Korean people, displaying the socio-political significance of the founding of the Republic, cradle of their life, and dignity of a sovereign state.

The stamp "Kim Il Sung University" conveys the immortal feats of the President who worked heart and soul for bringing up the talents who would develop the liberated country.

Two kinds of stamps marking the fifth anniversary of Korea’s liberation were issued in June １９５０, when the dark clouds of war were gathering every hour.

The stamps of new Korea after its liberation vividly show the impression and delight of the Korean people by the liberation of Korea which opened the wide avenue to the building of a genuine people’s country where the working people became masters and a rich independent and sovereign state.

Rodong Sinmun