Translation of “Seoul District Court document” (II)

This translation comes in two parts: the document (I) and the stamp on the document (II). The document is in the revenue stamp collection of Joe Ross.

Translation part II: revenue stamp text
This revenue stamp is listed in Hasegawa (2005) as KD1 “Keijyo District Justice Stamp”.

The original name for Seoul in hanja is ??, which is pronounced as Keij? in Japanese but Gyeongseong (??) in Korean. The name ?? was used until 28 September 1946, after which it was renamed by USAMGIK to Seoul or ?? (complete name: ???????), after 15 August 1949 renamed ????? by the government of the Republic of Korea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hasegawa (2005) lists two different versions of the 20 jeon overprint (KD1 and KD1a resp.):

However, it seems it is not just the “20” which is different, the stamps also appear to be of a different print run. Hasegawa unfortunately lists no year for these stamps.

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The revenue stamp on the document contains the following texts/parts:

 

Line 1 Right to left: ?? = ?? Translation: “receipt for”	Line 2 Right to left: ?????? Translation: “delivery fee prepayment price”
Line 3 Right to left: ?????? Translation: “Seoul District Court”	Line 4 Right to left: ??????? Translation: “bailiff handling duties”
Line 5 Top to bottom: ?? = 10 Jeon	Line 6 ?? = ?? Translation: “cancelled”