March 2018 – Korean Revenue Stamps

Translation of Excise Tax Stamp for Electric Products

March 26, 2018August 29, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg1017Leave a Comment

Excise tax stamp (??? ????) used to levy tax on electric products showing a fan as a representation of this group of products. Probably used during the 1960s/1970s. The stamp contains a lot of detailed information.

Revenue Stamps of The Republic of Uruguay 1915-2005

March 21, 2018March 24, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg34853 Comments

Two of several catalogues published by Joe Ross are about the revenue stamps of Uruguay. This is the first of these volumes, in this case about the revenue stamps of Uruguay as issued between 1915 and 2005. Published in 2012, the catalogue contains 135 pages of information, lists stamps from 70+ categories of revenue stamps which […]

More on Korean local revenue stamps

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 Joe Ross1784Leave a Comment

Home from the hunt I took out of the box a file folder marked Misc. unsorted Rev’s. In it was an untidy pile of album leaves and stock pages with an assortment of Korean, Chinese and Japanese revenue stamps. In sorting through I noticed a couple of stock cards and two pages of Korean Municipal […]

Vehicle License Registration Stamps of Uruguay

March 20, 2018March 21, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg43151 Comment

Two of several catalogues published by Joe Ross are about the revenue stamps of Uruguay. The second volume is specifically about the revenue stamps issued by the”Patente de Rodados de Departamento de Montevideo” or “Vehicle Registration Department of Montevideo” between 1928 and 1963.

LI article about railways in North Korea

March 4, 2018 Ivo Spanjersberg1536Leave a Comment

The Locomotives International edition of June/July 2017 (number 108) contains an article by Eugen Takacs about his recent experiences in North Korea titled “A North Korean Railway Odyssey”. The article is spread out over 6 pages and contains 16 full-colour pictures related to railways and trains in North Korea.