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New Postage Stamps Issued
Pyongyang, May 20 (KCNA) -- A new kind of postage stamp has been issued in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to mark the 9th China (Beijing) International Garden Exposition.

Seen in the upper part of the stamp are Korean, Chinese and English letters reading "A Garden City, A Beautiful Home", a theme of the exposition, as well as an emblem of the exposition.

The stamp features a painting "A cat on the tree" drawn by Ri Am (1499-?), a Korea's master painter in the 16th century.

The exposition, which will run from May-November, will draw 20 odd countries, regions and organizations around the world, including the DPRK.

Meanwhile, four kinds of stamps and a sheetlet picturing owls and monkeys were issued in the country.

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