A set of three unused 1996 maximum cards representing the 5th “Paektusan Prize” International Figure Skating Competition.  There are no special captions on the reverses, just a reference number ㄱ-507101.  Grade: 1

Set of three unused cards from 1997.  Strangely–though we know we should never say this–two are captioned only in Korean, and the third (Rungra Suspension Bridge) in both Korean and English.  Grade: 1

This set of two unused 1998 maximum cards has extensive Korean-language captions, though the scientific names are there in the fine print on the stamps.  Grade: 1

This is a set of four unused cards from 1998.  Captioned identically in Korean only, something really goes wrong when we try to translate that, so we’ll leave it to you.  (The last part does say “Goats”, though.)  Grade: 1

Unused set of four cards from 1999.  Though captions are only in Korean, the scientific names are in western lettering on the stamps.  Just this once, we’ll leave that research to you.  Grade: 1

Here is a set of three unused cards from 2000, clearly labeled in western letters as to the species (Styracosaurus, Saltasaurus, and Tyrannosaurus) and also in Korean (조 선 민 주 주 의 인 민 공 화 국) which as far as we can tell has nothing to do with dinosaurs, but rather “A democratic civil state of Shipbuilding Engineering Chemistry Bureau”.  Grade: 1

Set of four unused maximum cards from 2001, spectacular in their own way, captioned only in Korean (소방차), which does mean “fire engine”.  Grade: 1

These are sturdy postcards, an unused set of four maximum cards from 2001, and in this case the scientific names on the reverses (along with Korean) do match the names on the stamps:  Hydropotes inermis, Ciconia nigra, Aegypius monachus, and Nemorhaedus goral.  Grade: 1

A set of five unused maximum cards from 2002.  As often happens, the captions are in Korean only, but the stamps have the scientific names.  This time, we’re just going to move along and not write them, but if you really want to know, ask us.  Grade: 1

Set of four unused cards from 2002.  Captioned in Korean only.  Grade: 1

Set of four unused cards from 2004, all with variations of Anser cygnoides, the rare swan goose.  Captions are in Korean and scientific.  Grade: 1

To be precise, Panthera tigris altaika according to the bilingual captions on each of the four cards in this 2005 unused maximum card set.  Grade: 1

Here, in a set of four unused cards from 2008, are Armillariella mellea, Tricholoma terreum, Macrolepiota procera, and Amanita muscaria.  Two of the four seem to be edible.  But you know how it is with mushrooms.  Bilingual captions.  Grade: 1

Set of four unused maximum cards, with captions on the fronts.  Issued in 2009, and we think this set commemorates the 50th anniversary of Pyongyang’s Zoo.  But we do not guarantee that to be true.  Grade: 1

Our scan shows four of the five cards in this set of five cards dated 2009.  Visible cards include Taedongmun Cinema, Electronic Library of Kim Chaek University of Technology, Okryu Restaurant, and Chongryu Restaurant.  The card we don’t show has the Pyongyang Grand Theatre.  Bilingual captions on the fronts.  This is a nice set where everything comes together well, including clearer postmarks.  Grade: 1

Set of four unused cards from 2003.  The stamps are larger than normal, and the captions on the back are in Korean.  Grade: 1

This group of three unused cards was issued in 1998.  The stamps are large, the postmarks not distinct, and the captions very long and only in Korean.  There seems also to be much information on the stamps, though we can’t read it.  Grade: 1

Unused set of cards from 2013.  All captioning is on the front.  Grade: 1

Group of three maximum cards, unused, issued in 1989.  Captioned in Korean only.  One of the three cards has a blue blotch on the reverse, we think from wet postmark ink of another card.  Grade: 2

This remarkable maximum card has a gorgeous postmark, official Disney Japan.  It was mailed in 2014, with two stamps on the back, and faint “normal” postmark and trilingual blue Air Mail label, as well as a very large “Disney Animated Classics” sticker of Snow White on the reverse.  We think this sticker was not part of the original card, so we assign:  Grade: 4