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`The Ministry of Communications has named the period between December 5 and 11 as the Philatelic Week in order to promote an expansion of philatelic community and contribute cultivation of aestheticism in postage stamp collecting as a wholesome hobby. During this period, the Ministry of Communications will host National Postage Stamp Exhibition and many other related vities. At the National Postage Stamp Exhibition held at the Sejong Cultural Center during this year`s Philatelic Week, there will be the works of philatelic art selected from each regional preliminary contest on display. In addition, a philatelists` convention, philatelic seminars for teenagers, and an autograph session of postage stamp designers will be held. The postage stamps which were initially used as a means of paying postage charges have become a channel through which we can acquire social and cultural knowledge of other contries. Also, postage stamp collecting is now considered as one of the best hobbies. Moreover, postage stamp has played the role of raising people`s awareness of global issues, such as environmental problems and space development, as well as of enhancing friiendship between countries. The Ministry of Communications issues this postage stamp in hope that Korean`s international perspectives will be broaden through the enhancement of Koreans` interests and leisure activities in postage stamp collecting.`