1976 – Korean Revenue Stamps

Daegu: resident registration card (1976)

Ivo Spanjersberg — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 14:58:22 +0000

All Koreans are registered in their family register which is also used to give details through the type of document shown here. This is called a ????? (resident registration card). These documents come in several different forms, the more detailed one is this large form. It is somewhat larger than A4 and printed on very thin […]

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 […]

Gyeonggi-do: certified cadastral document (1976)

Ivo Spanjersberg — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 20:43:45 +0000

Korean society was until quite recent mostly agrarian. Even today there are still many (often older) farmers active in the country side. Land registration is therefor very important. This document is such a cadastral document showing who owns which piece of land. Interestingly the ??? (Gyeonggi-do) provincial 100 won revenue stamp was used after the introduction […]

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 […]