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Korea Cover 1921?

 
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Posted 10/04/2021   04:33 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add dojiryu to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Dear all

I found it in korean local auction.
I didn't see this stamp before.
It's genuine or forgery?




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Posted 10/04/2021   05:01 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
May we have a close up, of the stamp please?
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Posted 10/04/2021   08:49 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add classic_paper to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Are you wondering whether it's a forgery simply because you haven't seen it before? Or because, there's something about the stamp that makes you question its authenticity?
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Posted 10/04/2021   8:33 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Your image is still not of sufficient clarity to make a proper appraisal.

I do not recognise it.
The perforations (if, indeed they are ) are right dodgy.
Looks like pinking shears.

Have you sought explanation from the vendor?

Keep us abreast of developments.
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Posted 10/04/2021   8:34 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Doji - Are you certain of the date?
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Posted 10/05/2021   04:58 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add erilaz to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
1921 is printed at the bottom left of the stamp, but 1921 was during the period of Japanese colonial rule, so at that time Korea wouldn't have been producing postage stamps inscribed in Korean in the hangul alphabet and denominated in chon (jeon), as this one is. Korea used Japanese stamps during that time.

The hangul characters to the right of "1921" read (from right to left) jyo-seon-u-pyo (Joseon postage stamp). The word directly below the butterfly is na-bi (butterfly).
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Edited by erilaz - 10/05/2021 06:05 am
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Posted 10/05/2021   06:15 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Fabulous research Erilaz

Joseon / Choson Dynasty. The Joseon dynasty (also transcribed as Chos#335;n or Chosen, literally translated as#8201;Great Korean Country) was a Korean dynastic kingdom that lasted for approximately five centuries. Joseon was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and was replaced by the Korean Empire in October 1897. It was founded following the aftermath of the overthrow of Goryeo in what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul. The kingdom's northernmost borders were expanded to the natural boundaries at the rivers of Amnok and Tuman through the subjugation of the Jurchens. Joseon was the last dynasty of Korea and its longest-ruling Confucian dynasty.

1921 remains curious as the Joseon Dynasty ended 1897

Could the label show the ancient images of Joseon Butterflies
as shown on some antiques ?
They may have meaning, that is lost on me.

Perhaps when the candles are lit, creates magical shadows ?




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Edited by rod222 - 10/05/2021 06:24 am
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Posted 10/05/2021   08:30 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add perf12 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
There was a Korean Gouvernment in exil in Shanghai starting in 1919.The first president was Syngman Rhee.Could be a local production of this cinderelle stamp?
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Posted 10/05/2021   11:25 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add bookbndrbob to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Regarding the butterflies: perhaps in their original state, the purpose of the polished bronze butterflies was to serve as reflectors, to amplify the light given by the candle flame.
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Posted 10/05/2021   7:55 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Great suggestions !
All we need now, is for someone to read (or try to)
The Postmark
The written word.

For the record, I had checked all Japanese revenues and seals I had
Nothing even close.
I had thought maybe a silk moth rather than a butterfly.

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