New Zealand’s Revenue Stamps
Revenue stamps were introduced in New Zealand with the first series of imperforate long type Queen Victoria stamps inscribed stamp duty in 1867, and were finally removed from sale in early 1958 when the final series (the 1957-8) of social ...
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Notes on Tasmanian Revenue Stamps 1827-1990
Bill Lloyd-Smith. Tasmanian revenue stamps have a long and fascinating history. Their genesis arose in 1826 when the Governor, Sir George Arthur, tried to control the press when certain people published articles that he did not like. Thus he introduced a ...
Monday, January 28th, 2008
Postal Fiscal
A fiscal or revenue stamp, which has been authorised for use in the postal service. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Revenue StampThe Nyasaland 1938 King George VI £10 Revenue IssueNotes on Tasmanian Revenue Stamps 1827-1990
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Revenue Stamp
A fiscal stamp used for collecting tax or duties other than postal o telegraph fees. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Notes on Tasmanian Revenue Stamps 1827-1990New Zealand’s Revenue StampsPostal Fiscal
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Stamps of Greece: The First Postage Due Stamps (1875)
Greece’s first postage due stamps were issued on March 1, 1875. Curiously enough the Greek postal authorities had always had their postage due stamps printed in Vienna until 1902, although their ordinary issues had been printed at various places, but ...
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
The Nyasaland 1938 King George VI £10 Revenue Issue
[This article was first published in The British Library Philatelic Collections Newsletter, number 3 Spring 1998.] As an ardent researcher and collector of King George VI large format 'Nyasa' type Keyplates for over twenty years, I was delighted (and relieved!) when ...
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
The U.S. Newspaper Stamp (1892)
[Originally published in Philatelic Era in 1892.] If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...United States Postal ServiceAdvertising in United States Stamp BookletsSales Control Stamp Booklets
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
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