Another find in one of the Korean digital archives, in this case the Law Archive: a series of revenue stamps issued by the Provincial Office of Education in Gyeongsangbuk-do.
Although the file doesn’t mention it, these stamps were very probably produced by KOMSCO, the Korean government printer which also produced stamps for other provincial offices of education. The file (“[?? 1] ????? ?? ? ??”) is the first attachment to the revenue stamp ordinance issued by Gyeongsangbuk-do and shows a series of stamps with the following values: 50 won, 100 won, 200 won, 500 won, 1000 won, 5000 won and 10000 won. Stamps with these values were listed in ordinances originally published in 2002 and 2009, but were probably in use from 1991 until 2013.
Besides the values the file also mentions the size of the stamps and for every individual stamp the colour. These are:
| Value | Colour (Korean) | Colour (English) |
|---|---|---|
| 50 won/원 | 파랑색 | blue |
| 100 won/원 | 갈색 | brown |
| 200 won/원 | 연두색 | green |
| 500 won/원 | 연녹색 | light green |
| 1.000 won/원 | 연노랑색 | light yellow |
| 5.000 won/원 | 주황색 | orange |
| 10.000 won/원 | 연회색 | light grey |
Also notice something else: the building in the stamps is called “?????”. This institute still exists, their website is up and running.
Details of Law Archive file:
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[?? 2002.1.14.]
[???????? ?457?, 2002.1.14., ??]
[?? 1] ????? ?? ? ??
Example of listing of stamp values in that ordinance:
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1. 50?
2. 100?
3. 200?
4. 500?
5. 1,000?
6. 5,000?
7. 10,000?
? ?1?? ? ????? ??? ??? [??1]? ??? ??.
? ???? ????? ?????? ???? ???? ????? ??.
Also notice other remarks in same ordinance:
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? (???) ? ??? ??? ??? ????.
? (???? ???????? ?? ????) ? ?? ???? ?? ??? ???? ???? ????? ??? 30? ??? ????? ????? ??. ? ?? ????? ?????? ??? 105?? 100?? ??. ??, 10? ??? ????.
? (?? ??? ??) ??????????????? ???????? (?? ?46?)? ?? ????.
