North Korea

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North Korea, or the Democratic Republic of North Korea (DPRK) is the northern part of the Korean peninsula next to northern China.

At the end of World War II in 1946, The US and Russia agreed to split the administration of Korea, with Russia in control of the northern division.

 File:North Korea farmers.jpg|1947 1w farmers reprint File:North korea medal reprint.jpg|1950 medal reprint File:North Korea meeting.jpg|1969 10ch Kim Il sung's early years
 * Both North and South Korea used the same name until mid-1948 when South Korea changed its name. North Korean stamps in this period have currency expressed in "z" or Won.png ("won"). South Korean stamps after the first US military issue can be identified by currency expressed in "Cn" or "Won/Wn".
 * Reprints were made of many stamps up to mid-1956. See the Scott catalog, etc. for identification. Nearly all originals and reprints are imperf during this period. In general, reprints are printed better than originals and may have differences from the originals.
 * The one and only airmail stamp was issued in 1958.
 * Sometime in the 1960s, sets began to be issued imperf as well as perfed. Imperf sets were often issued without gum. CTO stamps were also released.
 * About Spring 1965, year dates were added to stamps.



 File:North Korea antarctic.jpg|from the 1991 Antarctic exploration series 
 * Domestic printing variants have been reported for a number of issues beginning in the early 1970s.
 * In December 1976, stamps began to be additionally inscribed DPRK (Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea).
 * That inscription gradually became '''DPR KOREA" beginning in 1980. It is still used to this day.