National: ???? – Korean Revenue Stamps

Revenue stamps published 30 years apart used on the same day

Ivo Spanjersberg — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 03:30:25 +0000

Recently seen on Ebay (and purchased by the well-known revenue stamp collector Joe Ross): two South Korean documents with tax stamps. In itself, both stamps and the type of document are not particularly special: both stamps were easily available at the counter in South Korea until at least 2014, and unlike many types of documents […]

Korean “digital revenue stamps”

Ivo Spanjersberg — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 14:45:22 +0000

(Text originally published in MSS Quarterly Bulletin Nr. 316.) On 1 January 2017 the last “paper” revenue stamps of the Republic of Korea (“South Korea”) were phased out. Except for the consular revenue stamps used outside of Korea the only type of revenue stamp now in use within the borders of Korea are meter marks. Meter […]

Last series of Korean national revenue stamps (2005-2017)

Ivo Spanjersberg — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:52:11 +0000

The last series of Korean revenue stamps to be issued for the whole of Korea was this series of 10 revenue stamps. They were printed by KOMSCO, the official government printing company which also prints Korean banknotes and postal stamps. The series was according to the official KOMSCO website put into circulation in 2005. They […]

Certified Cadastral Document (1976)

Ivo Spanjersberg — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 09:43:11 +0000

Cadastral documents were produced in large numbers in Korea. Certifications of these documents, named ??????, were paid for with both national government of Korea revenue stamps and local revenue stamps. This is an example certified by ??? (Ganghwa-gun), a local body, but paid for with national revenue stamps. The document cost a total of 40 won, paid […]

Promissory note (1970) with revenue stamp

Ivo Spanjersberg — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 09:04:48 +0000

A very common Korean document with revenue stamps attached is this type of document: a ???? or promissory note. It registers both a giver and a receiver of money and shows who will have to repay to whom, including the amount of money involved. Notice how the name of the type of document is written on the […]

Electricity bills from the 1970s complete with revenue stamps

Ivo Spanjersberg — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:30:54 +0000

In many countries at one time or another taxes were raised by requiring tax payments on all sorts of documents. Korea was no different in this regard. Here are two examples of ???? ??? (electricity bills) with revenue stamps. The green 30 won stamps used on these document are the RP73. Electricity bill issued in […]

Renewal of insurance payment receipt of 1976 with 30 won revenue stamp

Ivo Spanjersberg — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:06:03 +0000

In many countries at one time or another taxes were raised by requiring tax payments on all sorts of documents. Korea was no different in this regard. Here is an example: a receipt showing payment for renewal of insurance. The green 30 won stamp used on this document is the RP73. Just like with the Seoul Bank […]

Seoul Bank bankbook with 30 won revenue stamp

Ivo Spanjersberg — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 13:33:05 +0000

Bankbooks (Am.) or passbooks (Br.), ?? in Korean, were once common in Europe and North America, but these days they are rarely used by banks. In Korea they are still, even today, in use. Of course Koreans use “plastic” as much as anyone, probably even more than most nations, but with a bank account you […]