On 28th August I got a postcard from South Korea.
It was printed for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and shows the mascot Soohorang. This was the second time that South Korea hosted Olympics after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, the third Winter Olympics in Asia and the first of three consecutive Olympics in East Asia followed by Tokyo in 2021 and Beijing in 2022. Norway led the total medal tally followed by Germany and Canada. Despite tense relations North Korea took part in the games and the two nations even paraded together at the opening ceremony as a unified Korea and fielded a unified team in the women's ice hockey.
A nice matching stamp was used here. It is from a set of twenty and shows Soohorang in different disciplines as well as venues and symbols of the games. The twenty stamps were issued in two sheets on 1st November 2017. The other stamp is from a set of two about the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul (issued 20-03-1985).
Thank You very much Park!
I was really looking for a card and stamp like this in early 2018, but had no luck in swapping. Instead I later got this Soohorang sheet from Montenegro. Great to finally have the original card from Korea! And by the way, this is the other stamp from the set about the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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