A stamp issued by the government of the Korean Empire in the (Gregorian) year of 1900.
The government of the Korean Empire.
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Korea1.htm">KOREA - The Kojong Era (1864-1907) and Japanese Rule</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/">De Rode Leeuw</a>.</li></ul><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Korea1_bestanden/image006.jpg">100-mun stamp 1885 - The emblem of the Kingdom in red and blue</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/">De Rode Leeuw</a>.</li></ul><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Korea1_bestanden/image027.jpg">Flags of Maritime Nations. Prepared by the Bureau of Equipment Department of the Navy. - Washington, 1899.</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/">De Rode Leeuw</a>.</li></ul><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Korea1_bestanden/image035.jpg">1 &amp; 2  銭 (chon), stamps 1900 - Showing the national emblem (mirror-wise) - 1</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/">De Rode Leeuw</a>.</li></ul><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Korea1_bestanden/image037.jpg">1 &amp; 2  銭 (chon), stamps 1900 - Showing the national emblem (mirror-wise) - 2</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/">De Rode Leeuw</a>.</li></ul><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Korea1_bestanden/image039.jpg">Achievement of Government, 1897/’99-1905</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/">De Rode Leeuw</a>.</li></ul><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Korea1_bestanden/image041.jpg">The achievement is an illustration of the Russian political influence in Korea. It was applied on coins issued 1901-1903 and on stamps. - An explication of the phoenix on coins reads:  ‘When Russia gained influence over Korea while several world powers were competing in Korea in the late Yi Dynasty, Alexieff, who was an advisor of the Takjibu (Finance Bureau), established the Korea-Russia bank in March of the 2nd ruling year of Emperor Kwangmu (Kojong) in order to overturn influence of the Japan First Bank. However, the bank was closed on May 9th of the same year because of the anti-Russia movement of the Korean Independence Association. At that time, silver coins, Ojeon white copper coins, and Iljeon brass coins that were decorated with a phoenix design were distributed. Afterwards, when Japan took over Korea these coins were collected. Only a few of these coins are left today.’</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/">De Rode Leeuw</a>.</li></ul><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Korea1_bestanden/image047.jpg">An early version of the new shape of the eum-yang emblem was on the star of the Kumch'ok Taehunjang (the Grand Order of the Golden Ruler), founded by Emperor Kwangmu on 17 April 1900.</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/">De Rode Leeuw</a>.</li></ul><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Korea1_bestanden/image049.jpg">Flag of the Korean Empire - Hugo G. Ströhl at the Royal Korean Consulate in Hamburg</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/">De Rode Leeuw</a>.</li></ul><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Korea1_bestanden/image053.jpg">National Emblem of Korea as on banknotes, 1945-1947.</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/">De Rode Leeuw</a>.</li></ul><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Korea1_bestanden/image057.jpg">Achievement of the Japanese Government of Korea as on  banknotes, 1944-‘45.</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/">De Rode Leeuw</a>.</li></ul><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Korea1_bestanden/image061.jpg">1 won stamp, 1946 - In December 1945, a conference was convened in Moscow to discuss the future of Korea and it was decided that the sovereign state of Korea would be restored. The de jure sovereignty was deemed to pass from the Joseon (Yi) Dynasty to the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. A 5-year trusteeship was discussed, and a joint Soviet-American commission was established. The commission met intermittently in Seoul but deadlocked over the issue of establishing a national government. In September 1947, with no solution in sight, the United States submitted the Korean question to the UN General Assembly. - In that time stamps were issued showing the eum-yang emblem surrounded by four kwae.</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hubert-herald.nl/">De Rode Leeuw</a>.</li></ul>