HEAD OF STATES STAMPS

A collection of postal covers on "Head of States" by Johnny Lowis, a Singaporean philatelist. I try my best to include all the worldwide countries. As I started this collection quite late, somewhere in 2000, so some of the earlier leader were missed out such as Saddam Hussein, Muamar Gadaffi, Shah Pahlevi, etc..... All the stamps in this collection are genuine and each cover is dedicated to a single person only. If I miss out your country, please let me know. Thank you for visiting this site.

South Korea

Heo Hwang-ok
허황옥

( 33 AD - 190 AD)

According to the legend, Princess Suriratna of

Ayodhya kingdom known as Heo Hwang-ok, went to

Korea in 48 AD, and started the Karak dynasty by

marrying King Kim Suro, making her the first queen

of Geumgwan Gaya.

After King Suro died, she became the Queen consort

to her elder son King Geodoung. The legend states

that the queen died at the aged of 157.