Does Anyone Collect North Korean Stamps?

How does one even buy North Korean stamps?

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Have picked up quite a few over the years, from old collections bought at auction, dates mostly up to 1965 or so. I have never actively chased after NK stamps, so wouldn't know if anyone deals in them.
Regards
DavidR

Not off ebay. Without that market I don't think many try to buy and/or sell them. I have North Korea, Scott 6 mint and I cannot do a thing with it.

You will see some sets and accumulations at stamp auctions, but as with Cuba few sellers are interested in handling them.

Zero interest from me.

I'm sure it varies from market to market, but, in my experience, neither North nor South Korean stamps appear very often at auction (I don't look at ebay).

Link too some nice postal history items..nice pics...
http://www.histoire-et-philatelie.f...tml#milinord

Try US-based dealers in Asia and topicals. Again, they probably won't have extensive stocks.

If stamp shows are ever an option for you, you might find them there, since ebay and PayPal won't be a consideration.

I have a few dozen or so DPRK stamps that I've come across randomly, but I would never (for a long list of reasons) purposely purchase them. I'll save those that come my way, but I have no plans on actively collecting them.

North Korea stamps info,pricing and sources.

http://stampsjournal.com/collects-n...orea-stamps/

https://www.raritanstamps.com/Price...rthKorea.htm

https://www.mysticstamp.com/Listing...rk_awDd275P_

It seems the recent missile crisis (?) as reflected in their recent stamp issues is akin to Third Reich collecting... eerily intriguing. Those re the ones I m looking for. See a recent news story on this topic from Linn's.

The Korean stamps are much more propaganda oriented as compared to Germany. Compare North Korea issues to the stuff ( garbage ) that came from behind the Iron Curtain in the 50's

Peter

There's an excellent piece about North Korea by Bruce Cumings in a recent London Review of Books - I think you have to register to read the article:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/v39/n10/bruce...ory-of-korea

There is a lot of North Korea stuff floating around in U.S. but it is considered as wallpaper as bad as the sand dune stuff . More experience collectors stay away from the early stuff because of the high percentage of forgeries and fakes with a serious lack of reference material. I believe the fakes and reprints are government made in the North .
The lack of research and reference material keeps many away .

Most of you probably already saw the Linn's report on recent North Korean stamps:

https://www.linns.com/videos/2017/a...eeklyUpdate#