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General Philatelic/Identify This? : I Have No Idea

 

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mbo1142
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I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.

31 Mar 2022
11:35:09am
Any help appreciated on where this is from.


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31 Mar 2022
12:30:33pm
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Mel

Looks like it is from Korea. I found a similar stamp for sale on eBay, see scan below.

Hope this helps,

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31 Mar 2022
12:46:26pm

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I would not have guessed it to be from South Korea, but according to Google Lens the characters under the central sign for "1000" ( the cross with the extra bar) read "South Korea" but it is in Chinese. The script in the lower left corner appears to be Korean. Weird.

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31 Mar 2022
01:31:59pm
re: I Have No Idea

Yes, this stamp is listed in the Barefoot catalogue as the 1000 hwan stamp in the 1953 revenue set.

Korean has a long history of being written in Chinese characters, "hanja", especially in formal contexts and I wonder if that's what's happening here.


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I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.

31 Mar 2022
07:10:12pm
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Thanks everyone for your help. I would have never guessed which country. I believed it was Asian in nature and probably a revenue of some sort, but the symbols and lettering were throwing me. I checked every identifier I had and even looked on Colnect and StampWorld.

I do not have a Barefoot catalogue, so guess I will have to obtain one.

Again SOR has proven to be the place to go for help.


EDIT to add. Looked on Ebay for the stamp Linus showed and found Item #392729550065 a catalogue of Korean Revenue stamps and lo and behold, my stamp is pictured on the cover.

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31 Mar 2022
11:38:35pm
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I recognize that tower! As mbo1142 has learned, the stamp is South Korean. The stone tower is Kyongiu astronomical observatory. This is Scott 237, from my “Stars on Stamps” collection:

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There are various spellings for Kyongiu: Kyongju, Gyeongju, Cheomseongdae (literally ‘star-gazing tower’)

“Cheomseongdae is an astronomical observatory in Gyeongju, South Korea. Cheomseongdae is the oldest surviving astronomical observatory in Asia, and possibly even the world. It was constructed in the 7th century in the kingdom of Silla, whose capital was Seorabeol, or present-day Gyeongju. Cheomseongdae was designated as the country’s 31st national treasure on December 20, 1962. Modeled on Baekje’s Jeomseongdae, which now exists only in historical records, the Cheomseongdae influenced the construction of the Japanese Senseidai observatory in 675, and Duke Zhou’s observatory in China in 723.”

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mbo1142

I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.
31 Mar 2022
11:35:09am

Any help appreciated on where this is from.


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Linus

31 Mar 2022
12:30:33pm

re: I Have No Idea

Mel

Looks like it is from Korea. I found a similar stamp for sale on eBay, see scan below.

Hope this helps,

Linus

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Jansimon

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31 Mar 2022
12:46:26pm

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re: I Have No Idea

I would not have guessed it to be from South Korea, but according to Google Lens the characters under the central sign for "1000" ( the cross with the extra bar) read "South Korea" but it is in Chinese. The script in the lower left corner appears to be Korean. Weird.

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nigelc

31 Mar 2022
01:31:59pm

re: I Have No Idea

Yes, this stamp is listed in the Barefoot catalogue as the 1000 hwan stamp in the 1953 revenue set.

Korean has a long history of being written in Chinese characters, "hanja", especially in formal contexts and I wonder if that's what's happening here.


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mbo1142

I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.
31 Mar 2022
07:10:12pm

re: I Have No Idea

Thanks everyone for your help. I would have never guessed which country. I believed it was Asian in nature and probably a revenue of some sort, but the symbols and lettering were throwing me. I checked every identifier I had and even looked on Colnect and StampWorld.

I do not have a Barefoot catalogue, so guess I will have to obtain one.

Again SOR has proven to be the place to go for help.


EDIT to add. Looked on Ebay for the stamp Linus showed and found Item #392729550065 a catalogue of Korean Revenue stamps and lo and behold, my stamp is pictured on the cover.

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Bobstamp

31 Mar 2022
11:38:35pm

re: I Have No Idea

I recognize that tower! As mbo1142 has learned, the stamp is South Korean. The stone tower is Kyongiu astronomical observatory. This is Scott 237, from my “Stars on Stamps” collection:

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There are various spellings for Kyongiu: Kyongju, Gyeongju, Cheomseongdae (literally ‘star-gazing tower’)

“Cheomseongdae is an astronomical observatory in Gyeongju, South Korea. Cheomseongdae is the oldest surviving astronomical observatory in Asia, and possibly even the world. It was constructed in the 7th century in the kingdom of Silla, whose capital was Seorabeol, or present-day Gyeongju. Cheomseongdae was designated as the country’s 31st national treasure on December 20, 1962. Modeled on Baekje’s Jeomseongdae, which now exists only in historical records, the Cheomseongdae influenced the construction of the Japanese Senseidai observatory in 675, and Duke Zhou’s observatory in China in 723.”

Bob

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