The 13th World Firefighters Games Chungju 2018
  
information on Korean stamp
Date of Issue |
: 2018.09.10 |
Types |
: 1 |
Denomination |
: 330 won |
Design |
: |
Stamp No. |
: 3337 |
Printing Process
& Colors |
: Offset, Four Colors, Neon (Yellow, orange) |
Size of Stamp |
: 40 x 30 |
WholeSheet
Composition |
: (4 x 2) x 2 |
Image Area |
: 40 x 30 |
Paper |
: White unwatermarked |
Perforation |
: 13 × 13¼ |
Printer |
: POSA |
Designer |
: Ryu,Ji-hyeong |
Quantity |
: Total 688,000 |
Detail
The 13th World Firefighters Games Chungju 2018 will
be held for eight days from September 10 - 17, 2018 at
Chungju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do. The World Firefighters
Games is a place for strengthening the friendship and
camaraderie of fireghters gathered from around the
world, protecting the lives and property of citizens from
fires and disasters.
The biannual international World Firefighters Games
promotes friendly relations between current and retired
firefighters from around the world by having them
participate in sports and was started to strengthen
friendship of firefighters’ families. Following the first
games in 1990 in Auckland, New Zealand, the games have
been held in the US, Australia, Canada, the Republic
of South Africa, France, England, Hong Kong, Korea’s
Daegu, and Sydney. This year it will be held in Chungju.
This year’s Chungju games will be held at areas
including Chungju Sports Complex, Hoam Gymnasium,
and Tangeum Lake International Rowing Regatta. This
year’s games boast the biggest variety yet, with 75
events including not only the Toughest Firefighter Alive,
Bodybuilding, Triathlon, Track & Field, Marathons, but
also Korea’s traditional martial arts Taekwondo and
the folk game of Korean Wrestling. The games will be
a harmonious festival filled with emotions as over 6,000
current and retired firefighters, volunteer Fire Brigade
members, and their families visit from over 50 countries
around the world and share in experiences of burning
passion and exhilarating victory.
The games’ emblem features the combination of a
firefighter’s powerful silhouette and a dynamic globe,
emphasizing that it is the Olympics of world firefighters,
together with a flame enveloping one side of the globe,
symbolizing the meaning of firefighting and their passion.
The games’ mascots are called Young-i and Ung-i,
carrying the meaning of taking responsibility for peoples’
safety as heroes. They are sporting the firefighting
uniform along with helmet and boots, completing the
image of a brave, yet friendly firefighter.
Korea Post is announcing its commemorative stamp to
cheer on the successful opening of the World Firefighters
Games Chungju 2018 and raise up the status of Korea’s
firefighters. We hope to relay the passionate devotion
of the world firefighters who sacrifice and volunteer
themselves for citizens’ safety. We would like to express
our deepest gratitude for that devotion.