Postal service agrees on second issue of Moon's inauguration stamp album

By Park Sae-jin Posted : August 22, 2017, 15:59 Updated : August 22, 2017, 15:59

[Korea Post]


Due to the unexpected popularity of a commemorative stamp album marking the 100th day of President Moon Jae-in's inauguration, South Korea's national postal service agreed to print the second additional issue of the souvenir for the first time in its history.

The Korea Post said that because of flooding requests, it would print more stamp albums which were sold out soon after they were put on sale. Last week, five million commemorative stamps, 500,000 souvenir sheets and 32,000 stamp albums were issued and sold out.

For its second issue, the postal service said it would only receive orders for the album priced at 23,000 won (20 US dollars) through its online store for three days starting on Friday. No additional album sets will be printed afterward.
 

[Yonhap Photo]


The album set includes a large stamp showing Moon and his wife waving together in front of a large national flag, surrounded by 14 small stamps retracing the course of his life from school days.

Initially, some 20,000 albums were to be released, but the postal service decided to issue more because their explosive popularity led to the suspension of pre-orders on the first day of online sales on August 9.

A former human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist, Moon, 64, took office on May 10 to succeed jailed ex-president Park Geun-hye who was ousted for her role in a corruption scandal. His approval rating has been high always above 70 percent.


 
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