Are These Even Stamps?

What r these?
Thx

Not sure on the first
(but I would love to own it!)

Going by the icons in the corner "ying yang"?
it would be south korea

The second
I have it listed as
"ddr germ sovt occup mecklenburg vopommern 1945-46 Q6.jpg"

Hi Rod thanks for the info on the ddr stamp.I wasn't even sure it was a stamp ,the picture looked so depressing ..lol.. course now it makes sense if it is East Germany..lol.
The top one I'm not sure its South Korean as the "writing" looks like Chinese kanji..but I'm not sure.Its not Korean script though.

Hmm, I think there is a story behind the pink stamp,
only a guess mind you, but a building, and a sheaf of wheat,
I reckon there is a fair chance that is a "corn measurer's house"
Not sure of their history, or their pertinence
I'll have to go a Googling.

Ah yes, part of the "guild house" structure of
trade 17th cent

anyone with ideas as to what the top one might be?
Thx

Might be the chinese equivalent of a stamp tax

Well done to all who guessed Korea for the first one

It appears to be entirely inscribed in Chinese characters, which the Koreans used regularly until fairly recent times, but the two characters at the end of the top line (in fact, the top line reads from right to left) give it away: 'Pyongyang'.

The top tablet reads something like "Pyongyang Municipal Income Registration Paper". I couldn't find the term 'income registration paper' in any of my dictionaries or Google, so what it actually is, I have no idea.

The bottom tablet is a bit too obscured to make sense of.

Some sort of Income Tax Document?

Could be. The relevant characters in Japanese mean 'income', 'earnings' or 'revenue' (in that sort of sense). This stamp looks to me as if it might date from very soon after the Japanese occupation, so they might still have been using Japanese terminology. However, as I said, I can't find the four characters 'income registration paper' anywhere; can't find the 'registration paper' in any Japanese source, and only rather doubtful-looking usages in Chinese.

Nice to have your skills on the forum Tony,
the language go-to man.

Indeed Tony thanks.
And I told Rod he was wrong about Korea..lol
Ahhh well. still learning from the masters..:)

Gord, never forget that old saying, 'in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king' ...

I'm not sure..but r you saying I'm blind Tony?

Occasionally I will just open up certain posts for no particular reason and almost invariably am amazed at the level of collective knowledge found here. It's better than a history or a geography class.

Parents would do their kids (and themselves) a favor simply by reading this forum.

Missed your question before, Gord - I apologise.

No, not blind, per se, actually, er ... Rather, in this particular case, I'm just less short-sighted than some

And, Vilmar, as I'm sure you know, you can take just about any old stamp, and even better cover, and tease a story out of it. Whether that would drive kids to paroxysms of boredom, I don't know though. I do know that I love to do it.