Korea

Korea refers to the independent nation that once took up the entire Korean peninsula.  File:Korea 50mn.jpg|unissued 50 moon value File:Korea 100m.jpg|unissued 100 moon value File:Korea 5p yintang.jpg|1895 5 poon value File:Korea yinyang surch.jpg|1900 1p on 25p surcharge File:Korea small.jpg|1900 2 ri definitive File:Korea crown.jpg|1902 3 cheun jubilee 
 * Its first stamps were issued in 1884... 25, 50 and 100 moon values exist but were never issued.
 * In 1895, a yinyang design was released, inscribed bilingually with KOREA and denominated in poon.
 * In 1897, two characters in both the Chinese and Korean inscriptions were overprinted, in red or black.
 * In 1900, five values were surcharged with a "1" and the values changed in the side tablets.
 * In 1900-01, a new definitive series in smaller sizes was issued, in new currency (cheun and weun) and inscribed bilingually IMPERIAL KOREAN POST. Values exist in perf 11 with most also in perf 10. The 6ch exists perf 12x13, made for souvenir booklets in 1905.
 * In 1902, a commemorative for the 40th jubilee of Emperor Gojong was released, now inscribed in Chinese and POSTES DE CORÉE. Imperfs exist and were made for souvenir booklets in 1905.

 File:Korea falcon.jpg|1903 2r falcon 
 * In 1902, older yinyang definitives were surcharged in large Chinese characters. There were five values with surcharges in various sizes for each one.
 * In 1903, the falcon definitives were issued.
 * In 1905, Korea became a protectorate of Japan, using Japanese stamps from that point.
 * In 1905, 3 values from the 1900-01 issue on very thin paper, perf 12½, were released in souvenir booklets made up of mostly older stamps.
 * By 1910, Korea had been merged into Japan.

Most all values have been forged and posthumous reproductions have been created. See: '''Korea – forgeries and reproductions