revenue stamp – Korean Revenue Stamps

Behind the stamp (Paju local revenue stamp)

John E. Strout — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 23:58:37 +0000

Highway 1 leads northward from Seoul to Kaesong and then to P’yong-yang, connecting two ancient capitals of Korea with the modern one. A few miles from the Seoul city limits, a smaller road leads east towards Uijong-bu, and about two miles from Highway 1 there is a narrow gravel road headed north, up the steep […]

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 […]

Gyeongsangnam-do POE revenue stamps

Ivo Spanjersberg — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 20:24:09 +0000

(This article was originally published in The Revenue Journal, see at the end of this article for more information.) Sometimes documents with revenue stamps can have a very personal link, like the document shown here. This document from South Korea was issued by the Ulsan Boy’s High School in October 1984 to show that Mr. […]