Info on North Korean Stamp Sought

The problem with all the early N Korea stamps is that they were reprinted in great numbers between 1955-58
The "reprints" all have inconsistencies and I have no knowledge if they were sanctioned - if not they are forgeries




The main trait of the reprints is the number and shape of the windows show on the reprint on the left
The size of the star in the flag is noted as is the difference in the letters and numerals
Any others of that period I may be able to tell the difference with a good scan


This article image is also noted to be a "reprint" but it greatly differs from the Original or the reprint above
The overall is very coarse and the building has an extra story. The 2nd 9 is far too low & no period

Admin,there are at least two articles I noted on identifying North Korean reprints from this time period on the Korea Stamp Society webpage that might be of interest to this collector. Membership, after submission of an application, is free. It sounds like this person has more to sell and this information might be helpful. Here is a weblink to pass along in case this collector is interested, koreastampsociety.org/. Unfortunately I can't share the articles here.

One of the two articles identifies reprints of this time period and the information that marking noted above is essentially correct. If the building noted has 3 stories (blurry but visible above) like the brighter blue stamp noted above it would be the reprint and not the original. It looks as if the full sheet is the original. None of the articles I saw speaks to the existence of or to the identification of possible forgeries.