K is for Korea

It's Monday and, on my self-imposed schedule, I should be showing a map card.  However K map cards seem to be in short supply.  I have none of Kentucky or Kansas, while I have already posted one map of Seoul in Korea and another ancient map of Goseong.

So here we have a postcard issued by Korea Post in 2008, along with a set of two stamps, each worth 250 won, illustrating the King Sejong Station Special.  2008 was the International Polar Year, hence the stamps.

The King Seong Station was established in the Antarctic in 1988, so it was also the 20th anniversary of its founding.  There are 17 researchers all year long but during the "summer" months, the number rises to 60 to 70 people.

My son went to the Antarctic one summer four or five years ago and brought back some of the most amazing photos I have seen.

Arctic and Antarctic

Some years ago I received  a card from Chile but at the time didn't notice the stamp which I came across just the other day.  It commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of the Antarctic 1959.

The postcard above shows the way the Antarctic is divided up with the Chilean claim being to the left. I have another very similar one of the Arctic region.

I've previously posted two other Antarctic stamps, one from Port Lockroy and the other from Monaco.

This is a post for Sunday Stamps, now hosted by Violet Sky at "See it on a Postcard!"