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Korean revenue stamps published by the (national) government of the Republic of Korea (ROK) including the forerunners (Japanese era and Kingdom era).
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 […]
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(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 […]
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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 […]
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Cadastral documents were produced in large numbers in Korea. Certifications of these documents, named 토지대장등본, were paid for with both national government of Korea revenue stamps and local revenue stamps. This is an example certified by 강화군 (Ganghwa-gun), a local body, but paid for with national revenue stamps. The document cost a total of 40 won, paid […]
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A very common Korean document with revenue stamps attached is this type of document: a 약속어음 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 […]
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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 전기요금 영수증 (electricity bills) with revenue stamps.
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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.
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Bankbooks (Am.) or passbooks (Br.), 통장 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 […]
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