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`The Ministry of Communications is issuing these two stamps as the second part of a series of postage stamps featuring the renowned sightseeing places in the Republic of Korea. 1. Palmi Island Situated about 16 kilometers southwest of Inchon on the West Coast, this lone but picturesque island is famed for its pine-wooded low hill and its long stretch of sand beach. An ideal summer resort, it is requented by vacationers who enjoy both swimming and boating. 2. Sain-am This is a huge rock forming a steep cliff on the west side of Mt. Dokjol eight kilometers away from Tanyang, Chungchong Pukdo. Nearby flows a river along which also stand a fantastic foramtion of rocks that towers like a colossal folding screen. There is a small Buddhist hermitage, called Chongyon-am, built the foot of the cliff. The valley, named Unsonkukok, that runs along Sain-am abounds in scenic sports apart from other scenic sites that exist in the Tanyang area. The rock was named Sain-am by Im Je Kwang, a country chief during the reign of King Songjong of Yi Dynasty, because the place was a favorite resort for rest and recreation of Wu Tak, a scholar of Chinese classics of the late period of Koryo, while he was serving in an official post called Sain.`