Other Korean revenue stamps – Korean Revenue Stamps

Series of alcohol tax revenue stamps sample pages show up on Kobay

Ivo Spanjersberg — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:17:33 +0000

In recent months a seller on Kobay has been selling individual pages with sample revenue stamps on them. The pages seem to be a 1960s/1970s set of samples which were sent to relevant authorities to be able to check which stamps were needed for which product. But who knows more about these stamps? Or has […]

One For The Record

Ivo Spanjersberg — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:42:01 +0000

It should not come as a surprise that a specialized stamp society such as the KSS has among its membership quite a few highly specialized members. However, it does sometimes feel as if the KSS has more of those specialized members than quite a few other stamp societies. It is of course purely anecdotal, but […]

Revenue stamps in album pages?

Ivo Spanjersberg — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 19:54:38 +0000

The biggest challenge when it comes to creating stamp album pages for revenue stamps is the sheer endlessness of it all. There is no way of knowing for sure how many stamps were ever produced. Unlike postal stamps, which are usually issued by an official postal authority, revenue stamps can be issued by a whole […]

Examples of sample pages

Ivo Spanjersberg — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:30:51 +0000

Whenever a new series of commodity (revenue) tax stamps was introduced in Korea, a special booklet was created which showed all the new stamps. Here are a few of the pages from such a booklet. The pages probably came from a much larger booklet, which was taken apart by the seller to be able to […]

Translation of Excise Tax Stamp for Electric Products

Ivo Spanjersberg — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 18:13:43 +0000

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. 1. ??? = excise tax ???? = tax stamp 2. ??? = item name 3. ?? = […]