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New Stamps Issued in DPRK for Int'l Exhibitions
Pyongyang, June 9 (KCNA) -- Several kinds of stamps were issued in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to mark international stamp exhibitions.

They include an individual stamp and a sheet which are dedicated to the World Stamp Championship and Exhibition "Indonesia 2012" and the Stamp Exhibition 2012 "Planete Timbres".

Seen in the stamp are a personified lizard in traditional national costume, letters "World Stamp Championship and Exhibition 'Indonesia 2012'" and the emblem of the exhibition.

The sheet carries pictures of the Chollima Statue and the Arch of Triumph in the city of Pyongyang on the background of the Tower of the Juche Idea and magnolia, a national flower of the DPRK, and orchid. Also seen in it are Korean and English letters "Stamp Exhibition 2012 'Planete Timbres'" and the exhibition's emblem.

Meanwhile, three kinds of individual stamps portraying rare birds have come out.

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