Q: South Korea dragon stamp
 

I have a few South Korea stamps from what may be a paper bag used as
an envelope or package. The stamps are all the same: a bluish diamond
lattice background with an ornate dragon, possibly flying, and its
long tongue sticking out. Each stamp has "500.00" (the decimal part
is underlined). Unfortunately, there is no English information on the
stamp, and the cancellation is nearly indecipherable, with letters
that appear to read "EONOO".

1) Why do South Korea stamps have "CH" on them?
(i.e., what does the "CH" mean?)

2) What is the monetary unit for the stamp?

Thanks for any help!

South Korea dragon stamp
 

Your stamp is SG (stanley Gibbons) 555 from 1962
(new currency)


It is "Azure Dragon" Koguryo period
http://cjoint.com/data/hbhvWeXIUu.htm

CH stands for the monetry value of "cheun"

HTH



"skaizun" wrote in message
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I have a few South Korea stamps from what may be a paper bag used as
an envelope or package. The stamps are all the same: a bluish diamond
lattice background with an ornate dragon, possibly flying, and its
long tongue sticking out. Each stamp has "500.00" (the decimal part
is underlined). Unfortunately, there is no English information on the
stamp, and the cancellation is nearly indecipherable, with letters
that appear to read "EONOO".

1) Why do South Korea stamps have "CH" on them?
(i.e., what does the "CH" mean?)

2) What is the monetary unit for the stamp?

Thanks for any help!

South Korea dragon stamp
 

.....or "Chon"
I am sure Tony Antipasto will correct me / us.


"rodney"
CH stands for the monetry value of "cheun"
HTH

South Korea dragon stamp
 

I don't. These are Hangul letters, read 'Dae', and meaning 'Great',
and part of the Korean name for, of all things, 'Korea'.

Tony

rodney wrote:
....or "Chon"
I am sure Tony Antipasto will correct me / us.


"rodney"
CH stands for the monetry value of "cheun"
HTH

South Korea dragon stamp
 

Thanks :)
now we know, I always thought it the value :(
goodness.

"Asia-translation" wrote in message
...
I don't. These are Hangul letters, read 'Dae', and meaning 'Great',
and part of the Korean name for, of all things, 'Korea'.

Tony

rodney wrote:
....or "Chon"
I am sure Tony Antipasto will correct me / us.


"rodney"
CH stands for the monetry value of "cheun"
HTH

South Korea dragon stamp
 

I didn't expect a response, much less one so soon!!!
(who says Philately is a dying hobby?) ;)

Rodney: thanks VERY much for such an excellent answer,
especially with the confirming image!

Tony: Thanks for the additional translation of the "CH",
of which, I presume then, it is Anglic in appearance solely by
coincidence.


On Jul 1, 1:24*am, "rodney" wrote:

Your stamp is SG (stanley Gibbons) 555 * from 1962
(new currency)

It is "Azure Dragon" *Koguryo period http://cjoint.com/data/hbhvWeXIUu.htm

CH stands for the monetry value of "cheun"

HTH

South Korea dragon stamp
 

On Jul 1, 5:07*am, skaizun wrote:
I didn't expect a response, much less one so soon!!!
(who says Philately is a dying hobby?) *;)

Rodney: thanks VERY much for such an excellent answer,
especially with the confirming image!

Tony: Thanks for the additional translation of the "CH",
of which, I presume then, it is Anglic in appearance solely by
coincidence.

On Jul 1, 1:24*am, "rodney" wrote:

Your stamp is SG (stanley Gibbons) 555 * from 1962
(new currency)

It is "Azure Dragon" *Koguryo periodhttp://cjoint.com/data/hbhvWeXIUu..htm

CH stands for the monetry value of "cheun"

HTH

You are correct in the latter assumption.

In 1962, when this stamp was issued, South Korea had just
introduced a new currency. 100 Chun = 1 Won.
This is the high value stamp from the definitive series issued
in that year. More stamps were added later. Some of those
had watermarks

If the stamp is dark and light blue, it is Scott 374A. In my
2008 Scott, a used copy catalogues at $6.00. Face value
is 500 won no chun.

If the stamp is purple and light green, it is Scott 1079, issued
1977. In my 2004 Scott, a used copy is not priced.
Both stamps are lithographed and perf 12.5 on granite paper.

The design is of an Azure (blue) dragon fresco of the Kogoryu
dynasty.(37 BCE to 668 CE)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goguryeo

The azure dragon was the guardian of the East and
represented Spring.It is found in tomb murals of the period.
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Azure_Dragon_..._constellation)

Blair

South Korea dragon stamp
 

On Jul 1, 7:07 pm, skaizun wrote:

Tony: Thanks for the additional translation of the "CH",
of which, I presume then, it is Anglic in appearance solely by
coincidence.

Yes, the 'CH' is actually read as one word in Korean. The Hangul
script is formed of a matrix arrangement of vowels and consonants:
words can be formed of a single vowel, a vowel + consonant, a
consonant + vowel, or a consonant + vowel + consonant. Depending on
the elements involved, they can be horizontal, as in the 'CH' (D +
AE), vertical or a combination of horizontal and vertical. Hangul was
an ingenious solution to the problem of writing Korean. Until it was
devised, Korean was written in Chinese characters, for which the
language is totally unsuited. (Korean and Japanese are linguistically
quite unrelated to Chinese. They are inflected, which Chinese isn't,
thus immediately presenting problems with writing these languages in
characters. The Japanese came up with the inferior solution of kana
to the same problem.)

Tony

South Korea dragon stamp
 

Hey, guys . . . you're going to give the internet a bad reputation
if you keep giving intelligent and grammatically correct answers! ;)

Seriously, though, thanks SO much for this wealth of information!
I didn't expect ANY answer, much less multiple and great ones!
In my 20 years of surfing the net, this is totally unprecedented!
(hmmm . . . maybe I need to hang around a better class of
websites!) ;)

South Korea dragon stamp
 

On Jul 2, 9:16*am, skaizun wrote:
Hey, guys . . . you're going to give the internet a bad reputation
if you keep giving intelligent and grammatically correct answers! * ;)

Seriously, though, thanks SO much for this wealth of information!
I didn't expect ANY answer, much less multiple and great ones!
In my 20 years of surfing the net, this is totally unprecedented!
(hmmm . . . maybe I need to hang around a better class of
websites!) *;)


Hello Skaizun:

Please feel free to stay and enjoy the newsgroup.
We have some pretty good fun times here.

Blair