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Pyongyang, Changjon Street (set of 14)
A set of 14 unused cards from 2012, showing interiors and exteriors of buildings on this street in downtown Pyongyang in a light many people could never imagine. The Korean text on this cover is just the name of the street. Grade: 1

Code: 20312043
Price: $49.00
Kwangmyeung grotto
This card has an unusual style of matte finish, and is captioned only in French, with attribution to RPDC (DPRK in French). Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20312045
Price: $6.00
Le port de peche au matin
Unused, matte-finish card, captioned in French and with the North Korean acronym RPDC as well. Grade: 1

Code: 20312046
Price: $3.00
Monument
Sorry that we don’t know exactly who or what the monument is for, but the unused postcard was made for domestic use, with pre-printed postage on the back (in B&W) along with Korean-language directions for mailing. Not quite as easily available for tourists. Grade: 1

Code: 20312047
Price: $5.00
Koggiri-bawi (Elephant Rock) on the Monggum-po Inlet
We can easily see why they call it that. Two of these unused cards are available. One is captioned in English, and the other in French. Same photo, same condition, and each has a printed Pyongyang attribution. Grades: 1

Code: 20312050
Price: $8.00
Four large statues (Kongmin)
The story behind these is available through search engines but we’ll leave that to you, with “Kongmin” as the hint. Unused card, captioned only in Korean. Grade: 1

Code: 20312051
Price: $5.00
Tomb of kings, Kongmin
Unused card, captioned in French. The Mausoleum of King Kongmin, correctly known as the Hyonjongnung Royal Tomb, is a 14th-century mausoleum located in Kaesong. It’s one of the Royal Tombs of the Goryeo Dynasty. The site consists of two burial mounds: “Hyonnung”, with remains of Gongmin, 31st king of the dynasty; and “Jongnung”, with Queen Indeok, born as the Mongolian princess Budashiri. Nominated for World Heritage status, it is one of the best preserved royal tombs in North Korea and remains largely in its original state. Grade: 1

Code: 20312052
Price: $5.00
Lake Samdjiyeun, group of sculptures
Unused card, captioned in French, with RPDC ( = DPRK) attribution. Aging a bit, but unmarked. Grade: 1

Code: 20312053
Price: $5.00
Le Cirque national de Pyongyang, aerial acrobatics
Unused card, captioned in French. Grade: 1

Code: 20312054
Price: $6.00
Le Cirque national de Pyongyang, Le singe et la chevre
Unused card, captioned in French. We wish there was an audio component to this card. Grade: 1

Code: 20312055
Price: $6.00
Le Cirque national de Pyongyang, “Voltige sur la corde”
Unused, aging card, captioned in French. After what we put in the header, it goes on to say: “un jeu montrant l’adresse et le talent de notre peuple.” We have looked closely at the photo, and just hope for his sake that he didn’t miss his landing. Grade: 1

Code: 20312056
Price: $8.00
Le Cirque national de Pyongyang, Tours sur planchettes
Unused card, captioned in French. Grade: 1

Code: 20312057
Price: $6.00
Legendary dance “A Fairy of Kumgang”
Unused, aging card, captioned in English. Grade: 1

Code: 20312058
Price: $5.00
Bogenschießen, ein volkstümlicher Wettstreit
Unused card, captioned only in German ( = “Archery, a popular competition”). Grade: 1

Code: 20312059
Price: $6.00
Korean wrestling
Three of these unused cards are available, but each one is captioned entirely in a different language: German, Spanish, or Korean. Each card has a “Pyongyang, DPRK” attribution in its respective language. The cards are aging a bit, but clean and unmarked. Grades: 1

Code: 20312060
Price: $6.00
Straddling ropes
Possibly from the same event as our entry 20312060, this unused card, also aging, is captioned only in Korean. Grade: 2

Code: 20312061
Price: $6.00
Air flip
Unused, somewhat aging card captioned entirely in Japanese, including the attribution to Pyongyang, DPRK. Grade: 2

Code: 20312062
Price: $8.00
Pyongyang, Kaeson Youth Park, merry-go-round
Captioned in Korean and Chinese, and mailed from Pyongyang in 2014 with three stamps (two varieties), readable postmark, and blue Air Mail chop. Grade: 1

Code: 20312064
Price: $17.00
Pyongyang, Kaeson Youth Park, Disco
Unused card, captioned in Korean and Chinese. (The English caption on a different card, not this one, calls this “Disco” so we will, too.) Grade: 1

Code: 20312065
Price: $8.00
Pyongyang, Kaeson Youth Park, Rotary Motorcycles
Unused card, captioned in Korean and Chinese. Grade: 1

Code: 20312066
Price: $8.00
Pyongyang, Kaeson Youth Park, “Pirate” ride
Unused card, captioned in Chinese and Korean. The English-language caption on another card in a set calls this ride “Pirate.” Grade: 1

Code: 20312067
Price: $8.00
Electronic Fun House
Unused card captioned in Korean and Chinese. Grade: 1

Code: 20312068
Price: $8.00
Pyongyang, Kaeson Youth Park, roller coaster
Unused card, captioned in Chinese and Korean. A different card from an English-language set captions this “Volare”. One wonders. Grade: 1

Code: 20312069
Price: $8.00
Pyongyang, Kaeson Youth Park cafeteria
Fast food, DPRK style, on an unused card captioned in Korean and Chinese. One of our other cards calls this the “soft drink stand” in English. Grade: 1

Code: 20312070
Price: $12.00
Pyongyang, Kaeson Youth Park, Power Surge
Maybe an odd choice of photo, but an unused card captioned in Korean and Chinese. In a different English-language set, this card is captioned “Power Surge.” Grade: 1

Code: 20312071
Price: $5.00
Pyongyang, road and blossoms
Looks like Springtime on this unused card, captioned in Korean and Japanese. Grade: 1

Code: 20312072
Price: $5.00
Pyongyang, fountains and skyline
Look closely and you’ll see a rainbow too. Unused card, captioned in Korean and Japanese. Grade: 1

Code: 20312073
Price: $7.00
Pyongyang, Skyline and Tower of the Juche Ideal
Contemporary Pyongyang and its iconic tower on either an unused card captioned in Korean and Japanese, possibly some Chinese too (Grade: 1, $6) or one that was mailed in 2014 with four stamps (two varieties), two postmarks, and blue Par Avion chop (Grade: 1, $22).

Code: 20312075
Price: $6.00
Pyongyang, rowing
Unused card captioned in Korean and Chinese, possibly with some Japanese also. The way it’s printed, this is hard to tell. Grade: 1

Code: 20312076
Price: $6.00
Pyongyang, high rise buildings
Unused card, captioned in Korean and Chinese/Japanese (we think). Grade: 1

Code: 20312077
Price: $8.00
Pyongyang, Kaeson Youth Park, view at night
Unused card, captioned in Korean and Chinese. Grade: 1

Code: 20312079
Price: $6.00
Pyongyang, Kaeson Youth Park, Z-force
Unused card, captioned in Korean and Chinese. Grade: 1

Code: 20312080
Price: $6.00
Pyongyang, Kaeson Youth Park, fountain and roller coaster
Mailed in 2014, with four stamps (two varieties), two postmarks, and blue Par Avion chop. Grade: 1

Code: 20312081
Price: $21.00
Pyongyang, Chollima Statue
Two cards are available. Both are captioned in Korean and either Chinese or Japanese (meaning that one card has Chinese and the other has Japanese). Both cards were mailed in 2014. The one in Japanese has three stamps (two varieties) and postmark, along with blue Par Avion chop (Grade: 1, $22). The one in Chinese has four stamps (two varieties) and two postmarks, with that blue Par Avion chop (Grade: 1, $24).

Code: 20312082
Price: $24.00
Arirang (set of 14)
A magnificent, unused set of 14 busy, colourful, congested, active, enthusiastic, breathless … cards of this periodic mass performance event. What you see here shows the front of the cardboard cover and one card, and these are all captioned in Korean and Chinese. The cards are not bound or connected together, though lightly attached at the tops so they don’t get separated. The scan for 20312083B is included, and tells (in Korean and Chinese) that this work commemorating Eternal president Kim Il Sung, a Mass Gymnastic and Art Performance, is in memory of how DPR Korea has strived to end the hard life and become a respectable nation. It goes on to say that 100,000 performers come from all walks of life — labourers, artists, youngsters, and so on; the romantic nuance portrays elegant dancing and graceful gymnastics with magic joy and beauty. Moreover, there’s a Guinness World record for this, in August 2007. We sure would like to see the show. The cards will have to do. Grade: 1

Code: 20312083A
Price: $52.00
Arirang (set of 14) – explanation
See 20312083A. This is the explanatory sheet. The price you see is for the whole set, including this sheet.

Code: 20312083B
Price: $52.00
Pyongyang, Kaeson Youth Park (set of 15)
This set of 15 unused cards contains several of the photos we are listing individually from a different set, the difference being that the cards in this set are captioned in both Korean and English. Grade: 1

Code: 20312085
Price: $50.00
Pyongyang, The 13th World Festival of Youth and Students (set of 10)
This is a set of ten unused cards. We are showing you the front cover, and three of the individual cards. Masses and masses of people, colourful dancing, the full spectacle on what the set itself (in English) calls “a large scale” from 1-8 July 1989. By the way, the festival’s motto was “Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship!” and one card also shows the venue, May Day Stadium, with its 150,000 seats. Grade: 1

Code: 20312087
Price: $32.00
Space flight activity (set of 8)
Our scan shows the front and back cover, each of which is one of the eight cards (fold-out, accordion style) in this set. Other views include scenes in launch facilities, and rockets in various stages of performance, as you can see on that back cover. Captioned entirely in Korean. Grade: 1

Code: 20312088
Price: $54.00
Mother and child, provisions
The text says, approximately, “You have already made a decisive change in your life!” Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20312089
Price: $10.00

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