Great Britain, May 6, 1840 First Issues Collectors Club of stamps and philatelic material

Korea

Tuesday, November 18, 1884.

Perforated 8½ to 11½, no watermark, typographed.

The first issue.
Description # issued Scott #
5 mon rose 500,000 1
10 mon blue 1,000,000 2
The following were not placed in use
25 mon orange 500,000 (3)
50 mon green 500,000 (4)
100 mon dark blue 300,000 (5)

All issue quantities are approximate.
Reprints and counterfeits exist.

The Scott 2002 Classic catalog states that the value of the unissued stamps are in poon, but images of the stamps show the value as mon.

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