629:
33:
590:
369:
221:
311:
24:
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462:
53:
173:
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44:
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64:
938:, and like British issues the stamps could be embossed directly onto a document or on pieces of coloured paper with a cypher label at the back. Apart from general-duty impressed stamps, embossed stamps for playing cards and imprinted stamps for almanacs and newspapers or pamphlets were also prepared or issued. Some of these are only known as proofs and not as issued stamps. The Stamp Act brought about the objection of "
905:
515:, and both the printing plates and the printing itself was carried out by De La Rue. The quality of printing declined substantially in the late 1970s, as the printing might have been subcontracted. A new key type was introduced in around 1990 but it was only used for a few stamps as by then, the amount of revenue stamps that were in use had decreased considerably.
965:
612:
A wide range of large-format stamps were issued to pay for
Medicine Duty. These were affixed directly to jars or packets of medicine, and many different types exist, both standard issues as well as appropriated ones with the manufacturer's brand specified on the stamp. Medicine duty stamps were first
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and a client state of
Britain. The designs of most Irish revenues were very similar to British issues (including many impressed duty stamps, embossed adhesives or key types), but some impressed duty stamps bore Irish symbols such as the harp. Examples of Irish revenues issued when it was part of the
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on a number of different legal documents including insurance policies and documents used as evidence in courts. It raised around £50,000 a year and although it was initially a temporary measure, it proved so successful that its use was continued. Successive Acts have created new duties and impressed
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The first adhesive revenue stamps were chocolate duty stamps issued in the 1740s, but no examples of these have survived today. The oldest known adhesive stamps of which examples still exist were issued in the 1780s for duties on hats, gloves and perfume. British revenue stamps therefore predate the
324:
By the mid-19th century, the use of impressed duty stamps had become extensive, and for convenience purposes the stamps began to be embossed onto sheets of gummed paper, and then cut down and subsequently affixed to documents. The first adhesive general-duty revenue stamps were issued in 1855. The
558:
Apart from the embossed stamps and the key types, a number of other fees or taxes had their own stamps. Many stamps issued in the 19th century depicted Queen
Victoria, examples of these being stamps for Admiralty Court fees, early Foreign Bill stamps, Life Policy stamps and stamps for Matrimonial
779:
issued and used
Justice Room stamps from 1869 to around 1960, and Mayor's Court stamps from 1883 to around 1939. A single stamp was issued to pay for Guildhall Consultation Fees in 1892, and this was used until about 1900. None of these stamps bears the name of the city, but they all depict the
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The amount of revenue stamps in use decreased considerably during the 1960s, but key types and stamps for television licences continued to be issued until the late 1990s. The only revenue stamps still in use are impressed duty stamps, as well as taxpaid labels or imprints for alcohol excise. In
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introduced in 1783 and remained in use until 1941. In 1915, two King George V postage and revenue stamps were overprinted to pay for additional medicine duty. This was done after duty rates had doubled, and the stamps were affixed over large-format stamps with the old face values.
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designs bearing the portrait of the reigning monarch, embossed adhesives, impressed duty stamps and various other designs for specific uses. In most cases, stamps were affixed to documents but for some cases such as
Medicine Duty, the stamp was affixed to the product being taxed.
164:) issued their own revenue stamps due to peculiarities within the legal system. Some counties and local authorities also issued stamps during the 19th and 20th centuries. The extensive use of revenue stamps in the United Kingdom influenced the use of such stamps in its colonies.
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initial issue was imperforate, but from 1870 the stamps began to be perforated. The stamps were originally pink, but the colour was changed to vermilion in 1875 and blue in around 1887. Use of general-duty adhesive revenues continued until the early decades of the 20th century.
500:, with some new values being added over the years. Initially, De La Rue was responsible for both making the printing plates and printing the stamps. In 1910, printing was taken over by the Stamp Office. At first the existing De La Rue plates continued to be used, until the
274:, and the embossing was applied to this paper. A number of different coloured papers were used, including red, green, vermilion and most commonly blue. The ends of the strip of tin at the back of the document were covered with a small paper seal which bore the
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used
British key types from 1889 to 1966, and overprints on British National Health Insurance, Health and Pensions Insurance, and National Insurance stamps from around 1920 to the 1970s. Post-1966 Isle of Man revenues, as well as stamps issued by the
438:. Later issues of postage stamps up to the 2/6 value also bore this inscription, and dual-purpose stamps continued to be issued until 1968. Fiscally used stamps are easily distinguished from their postally used counterparts since they were usually
734:
on various
British and Irish revenue stamps). However, Northern Ireland continued to use separate revenue stamps until the 1980s. Northern Irish revenues include Civil Service, Dog Licence, Excise and National Insurance stamps, among many others.
217:
duty stamps are still in use to collect taxes, although electronic methods are now taking over. Around 10,000 different dies of impressed duty stamps have been used since the 17th century, and these exist with face values of up to £1 million.
411:, but sets of new stamps were issued later on that year. A number of Inland Revenue stamps were issued over the next two decades, both surface printed designs depicting Queen Victoria, as well as embossed adhesives with an underprint.
742:, whose legal system had some differences from the rest of the country. The only revenue stamps issued specifically for Scotland were Law Courts stamps between 1873 and the 1970s, and Register House stamps between 1871 and the 1950s.
766:, with the name of the county above it and the face value of the stamp below. The colours of the stamps determined what function they were to be used for, usually County Court fees or fines. Some stamps are also known overprinted
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where the tax varied according to the value of the transaction being taxed. Stamps were issued by the Board of
Commissioners of Stamps. Distributors of stamps were appointed throughout the country. Later, the poet
1012:. The key types were also used to produce Military Telegraphs and Army Telegraphs stamps of the United Kingdom. British postage and revenue stamps were also overprinted for use as revenues in Mandatory Palestine.
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In 1979, key type designs for home help, home care or meals on wheels were introduced by various local authorities. These are not revenues since they were optional home support services not taxes. The
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and coffee mixtures from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries. Duty stamps paying the tax on spirits and wine are still in use as of 2017, and they are affixed or imprinted on the alcohol container.
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Most of the embossed stamps were general-duty stamps, which were used for multiple purposes. However, at times there were specific issues inscribed for particular taxes or fees. Examples include
949:
Most of the various
British colonies, protectorates and territories issued impressed duty stamps or adhesive revenue stamps (or both) at some points during the 19th and 20th centuries. The
601:
Duty stamps which were affixed directly to the object they were taxing were first issued in the 18th century, making them first adhesive revenue stamps to be issued. They usually had no
136:, which was issued in 1840. Surface printed revenues which had designs similar to postage stamps were first issued in 1853, and in 1855 embossed adhesive stamps began to be issued.
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was using inked impressions for revenue purposes in the 1820s. Early users of adhesive revenue stamps include
Jamaica, which issued surface printed revenue stamps in 1855, and the
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and were glued to the object being taxed. Most of them would be destroyed upon opening the packaging. Early issues and the date of first issue include stamps for chocolate duty (
259:. Coloured ink in the embossed designs was introduced in the 1850s; initially this was pink but it was changed to vermilion in the 1870s. Blue ink was used for duplicate stamps.
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Small numeral designs were utilized for many contributions stamps, such as those issued for National Health Insurance (1912–25), Health and Pensions Insurance (1925–48) and
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2417:
640:), but this was not always the case. Sometimes the item itself or its wrapper were imprinted with a revenue stamp, in what may be regarded as the fiscal equivalent of
997:
969:
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Apart from general-duty revenues, there were also some embossed revenues issued for specific taxes. Sometimes the embossing was done on paper which had already been
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and had a blank tablet at the bottom, which could then be overprinted with an inscription denoting for what the stamp was used for. They are therefore regarded as
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in 1921, separate revenue stamps were issued for both entities. Southern Ireland stamps saw little use since that political entity was quickly superseded by the
1590:
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The tax was enforced by making the documents unenforceable in court if they had not been properly stamped. The tax was either a fixed amount per document or
570:(1948–90s). Other related issues include Unemployment Insurance and Agriculture Unemployment Insurance stamps, which were superseded by NI issues in 1948.
932:, and a series of impressed duty stamps were therefore introduced in these colonies. They had similar designs to British issues but with the inscription
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139:
A wide range of revenue stamps were used throughout the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. These included standard
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When something other than a document was taxed, sometimes labels were affixed to the object's packaging to indicate that the tax had been paid (see
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Some colonies followed Britain in the use of duty stamps in the 18th century. Embossed or directly imprinted revenue stamps were used by the
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The Local Stamp Act of 1869 permitted local authorities to issue their own stamps to collect certain fines or fees. In 1870, the counties of
488:, a set of new designs bearing the portrait of the new monarch was introduced. The same basic designs were reused with the portraits of King
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1977:"British adhesive Revenue stamps overprinted for use outside England, Wales and Scotland, and postage stamps overprinted for revenue use"
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for cases where fines were paid late and the person was subsequently sent to prison. These county stamps were discontinued by the 1880s.
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1743), hat tax (1784), glove duty (1785), perfume duty (1786) and cocoa duty (1822). No chocolate duty stamps seem to still exist today.
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Apart from separate issues by each of the islands, general stamps for all the Channel Islands were issued in 1973 to prepay the British
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Some British revenue stamps were also overprinted for use in the colonies. Impressed duty stamps were overprinted for use in the
128:. Impressed duty stamps were used to pay a multitude of taxes in the centuries since then, and they are still in use as of 2010.
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2523:
2407:
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329:, which are themselves very similar to impressed stamps, were often used as cancellations on embossed general-duty adhesives.
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2543:
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2103:
2347:
429:
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2282:– exhibit by Chris Harman RDP FRPSL (You have to manually change the page number, i.e., 2.jpg, etc., to view next pages).
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88:(1887), £3 Chancery embossed adhesive stamp (1875), £1 Passport key type stamp (1921) and 1½d Medicine Duty stamp (1897)
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Cause Fees. Other stamps which had their own specific designs include issues for Annuity Premium and Old Age Pensions.
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were used to pay the duty on entertainment activities from 1916 to 1958, and were affixed to cinema or event tickets.
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which did not allow for embossing directly on it, a paper was attached to the document using glue and a strip of
32:
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had many unique branches of the legal system, and this necessitated the need for some separate revenue stamps.
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Tickets issued for horse duty in the 18th century are sometimes also regarded and collected as revenue stamps.
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Excise stamps were also directly imprinted on cinema tickets in 1916–58 and betting tickets in 1926–29.
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348:. There were also specific designs of embossed stamps inscribed for a particular use, examples being
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847:
481:. Each value had a different design, and the pence, shilling and pound values had different sizes.
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United Kingdom include stamps for Admiralty Court, County Courts, Dog Licence and Land Registry.
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were issued. These stamps were surface printed by De La Rue, and their design resembles that of
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2392:
1855:
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County Council used one such keytype to pay for housing fees and social services in the 1990s.
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279:
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issued Town Hall and Court House stamps in 1891, and these remained in use until around 1905.
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961:, which roughly at the same time issued embossed adhesives similar to those used in Britain.
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had different designs which were unrelated to revenue stamps used in the United Kingdom. The
857:
220:
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The first impressed duty stamps were issued by the Kingdom of England in accordance with the
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310:
1910:
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921:
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177:
102:
23:
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8:
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Inland Revenue stamps were introduced in 1860. Initially, the 1855 stamp was overprinted
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256:
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Playing cards – the wrappers of the pack of cards had to have tax paid marks or imprints
428:, superseding the older inland revenue stamps. In 1883–84, a set of stamps known as the
1918:
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868:– are not officially part of the United Kingdom but are self-governing possessions of
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used various types of typeset stamps as fee receipts from 1875 to 1971. The Town of
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In 1853, two 1d revenue stamps with designs depicting Queen Victoria and inscribed
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also issued revenue stamps from 1923 to 1962. Jersey revenues are still in use.
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Reproductions of newspaper tax stamps from 1785–1815 which were produced in 1985
72:
A selection of different revenue stamps of the United Kingdom (top to bottom): 6
52:
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Telegraph & Telephone Stamps of the World: A Priced and Annotated Catalogue
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itself) issued Court Fee and Fine or Fee stamps respectively in 1878 and 1880.
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872:. As such, they issued revenue stamps separately from the United Kingdom. The
210:, Parchment and Paper for 10 years, towards carrying on the war against France
43:
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Police Courts issued a few stamps from around 1870 to 1897. The Chancery of
212:(5 & 6 Will. & Mar. c. 21). The duty ranged from 1 penny to several
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addition to national issues, some of the constituent countries of the UK (
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1939:
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Newspapers – stamps were imprinted directly onto the margin of the paper
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of the reigning monarch. These were first introduced in 1701 under King
2276:– gallery of various British revenue stamps by I.B RedGuy's Fine Stamps
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In 1872, a series of standard dies for revenue stamps were prepared by
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issued Justice Court stamps in 1888 and used them until around 1900.
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Wallpaper – stamps were printed on the backs of sheets of wallpaper
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From 1904 to 1959, various Inland Revenue stamps with values from 3
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Great Britain Revenue Duties from 1694 to the Great Reform of 1853
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used stamps for Land Charges search fees between 1962 and 1976.
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Dice – each die had to have a mark impressed with a metal punch
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A 4d British key type revenue stamp appropriated for use as a
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might have used impressed duty stamps as early as 1804, while
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were introduced in Ireland in 1774, at the time when it was a
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442:. Precancels with the names of firms were also commonly used.
247:. At first, the stamps consisted of colourless (also known as
77:
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The Customs and Inland Revenue Act of 1881 necessitated that
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licence stamps were also issued between 1981 and the 1990s.
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and the County of Southton (the latter referring to all of
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introduced a common design consisting of a shield with the
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An act for granting to Their Majesties several duties on
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The Impressed Duty Stamps of the British Colonial Empire
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2/- Transfer Duty stamps with a key type design, 1891–93
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be issued for both postage and revenue. Therefore, the
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1s 9d general-duty embossed adhesive stamp overprinted
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Great Britain Revenue Stamps Printed by Perkins Bacon
1061:, author on a number of books about UK revenue stamps
996:. British key types were also overprinted for use as
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stamps from 1972 until these were withdrawn in 1998.
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with inscriptions denoting the intended use, such as
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bearing a £1 impressed duty stamp on blue paper, 1843
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Large-format stamps were also issued to pay duty on
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A block of six 4d Health & Pensions stamps, 1925
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Examples of appropriations on the key types include
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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738:A similar situation existed to a lower extent with
105:or otherwise, which were issued by and used in the
1049:Postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain
998:postage and revenue stamps of British Bechuanaland
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1379:
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984:. Embossed adhesives were overprinted for use in
942:", and it was a major contributing factor to the
504:took over the work of making the plates in 1915.
121:, from the late 17th century to the present day.
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2241:The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies
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1583:"Excise Notice DS5: UK Duty Stamps Scheme"
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1388:"Great Britain and Ireland Excise Revenue"
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694:Despite being part of the United Kingdom,
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2862:History of taxation in the United Kingdom
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924:in 1755–57 and 1757–60 respectively. The
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364:Receipt, Draft and Inland Revenue stamps
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282:, and continued to be used until 1921.
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1010:court fee stamps of the Trucial States
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1987:from the original on 17 November 2017
1950:from the original on 5 November 2017.
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644:. Examples of this include taxes on:
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76:Matrimonial Cause Fee stamp (1866), 5
1966:
585:Stamps affixed onto the taxed object
372:A 6d Inland Revenue Stamp used as a
95:Revenue stamps of the United Kingdom
2288:– exhibit by Frank Walton RDP FRPSL
2101:
1901:from the original on 28 April 2018.
1398:from the original on 30 March 2018.
593:Sheet of 1½d Medicine Duty stamps,
399:Draft payable on demand, or Receipt
13:
1851:"Stamp from the Stamp Act of 1765"
1589:. 7 September 2017. Archived from
1335:"Matrimonial Cause Revenue Stamps"
1037:H.M. Customs and Excise Collection
940:no taxation without representation
896:on boxes of flowers sent by post.
782:coat of arms of the City of London
686:Revenue stamps of Northern Ireland
14:
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844:Revenue stamps of the Isle of Man
724:Provisional Government of Ireland
255:directly onto a document using a
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188:used in the United Kingdom were
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2867:Philately of the United Kingdom
2266:GB Revenue Stamp Archive vol. 1
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2143:McClellan, Andrew (2013–2016).
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2011:
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1938:McClellan, Andrew (2012–2014).
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1386:McClellan, Andrew (2016–2018).
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1032:Contributions Agency Collection
506:His Majesty's Stationery Office
2224:: Princeton University Press.
2104:"Military and Army Telegraphs"
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196:following the introduction of
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2172:British Commonwealth Revenues
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624:Other types of revenue stamps
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2766:Australian Capital Territory
2218:Taxation in Colonial America
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7:
2243:. McFarland & Company.
2239:Russell, David Lee (2000).
2118:Hiscocks, S. E. R. (1982).
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484:Upon the accession of King
10:
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840:Revenue stamps of Guernsey
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690:Revenue stamps of Scotland
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425:Postage and Inland Revenue
2872:Revenue stamps by country
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1826:Lindquist, H. L. (1947).
970:postage and revenue stamp
682:Revenue stamps of Ireland
473:. These designs depicted
449:to 10/- were issued with
132:first postage stamp, the
2559:Turks and Caicos Islands
2216:Rabushka, Alvin (2010).
1002:revenue stamps of Cyprus
848:Revenue stamps of Jersey
111:Kingdom of Great Britain
99:revenue or fiscal stamps
2808:British Solomon Islands
2195:United Kingdom Revenues
2193:Barefoot, John (2010).
2170:Barefoot, John (2012).
1828:"Stamped Revenue Paper"
990:British Solomon Islands
730:(both of which applied
301:Adhesive revenue stamps
294:Royal Courts of Justice
243:was the distributor in
180:from a house deed, 1950
2504:British Virgin Islands
2418:Rhodesia and Nyasaland
1856:National Postal Museum
982:protectorate of Cyprus
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746:County and city issues
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2155:on 19 September 2018.
1981:GB Overprints Society
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700:Impressed duty stamps
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435:Postage & Revenue
430:Lilac and Green Issue
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262:In the case of thick
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190:impressed duty stamps
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168:Impressed duty stamps
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922:Province of New York
668:Ireland and Scotland
178:impressed duty stamp
101:, whether adhesive,
2554:Trinidad and Tobago
2201:: J. Barefoot Ltd.
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1905:Barber, W. (2009).
1863:on 26 October 2016.
994:Trinidad and Tobago
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327:Over-embossing dies
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