COVER N. 436/437 - SOUTH KOREA

Postmark: First day of issue 22.03.2024 

Posted on the 22nd March; received on the  9th April 2024

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Two very nicely laid out FDCs from Korea, with four of the six 520 won se-tenant stamps that replicate the "Folding Screen of King Heonjong’s Wedding Celebration", issued on 20MAR2024.

 매우 감사합니다 Jung Min!

I, of course, know nothing about King Heonjong, so I hopped to Korea Post's website, where I learned that the scene depicted in the amazing silk screen, the royal wedding of King Heonjong to Queen Hyojeong, took place in 1844, during the Joseon Dinasty, Korea's longest and last.

One can but marvel at the amount of detail included in the painted silk panels of the screen, which, according to the issue notes, are painted in the traditional Cheonggoksansu technique. At a time when photography was still in its infancy, such immense amount of interesting detail is also an insight into the ways and uses of the time, what gives a totally new dimension to the already high value of the screen as an exceptional work of decorative art.