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The first revenue stamp issued in the Straits Settlements was an East India postage stamp overprinted S.S. in a diamond. Only about 20 copies are known to exist of this stamp, making it very rare. On 1 April 1867, the Settlements became a British Crown Colony and so Indian revenues were issued overprinted with a crown and a new value in cents.
An 1898 £1 revenue stamp of Western Australia Revenue stamps on smuggled tobacco seized by the British tax authorities.. A revenue stamp, tax stamp, duty stamp or fiscal stamp is a (usually) adhesive label used to designate collected taxes or fees on documents, tobacco, alcoholic drinks, drugs and medicines, playing cards, hunting licenses, firearm registration, and many other things.
Stamps sell at a considerable premium if they are in this condition. Lightly hinged (LH) is a mint stamp which was hinged but only slightly disturbed. Heavily hinged (HH) is a mint stamp which was hinged and damaged in the process. Hinge remaining (HR) is a mint stamp which has part of a stamp hinge on the back.
The "perforation gauge" of a stamp specifies the number of perforation holes that appear in a two-centimeter span along its edge. [1] The finest gauge ever used is 18 on stamps of the Malay States in the early 1950s, and the coarsest is 2, seen on the 1891 stamps of Bhopal. Modern stamp perforations tend to range from 11 to 14.
Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; General ... 9 December: Lakes in Malaysia - Stamp Week 2023; 14 December: Free Palestine; 2024
A stamp issued during the Japanese occupation, 1943. The Japanese military government did not immediately issue new stamps. The quickest solution was to overprint the many remaining Dutch colonial stamps. Definitive stamps began to be issued in 1943 and showed a traditional house, a dancer, a temple and a view of rice field.
At the end of the day the assessment is scored online and a personal profile produced within minutes. This is in readiness for Day 2 of the MAP Assessment process. The second day of the process is the interpretation of the assessment scores providing delegates with a development ‘road map’ for their ongoing development.
List of free analog and digital electronic circuit simulators, available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and comparing against UC Berkeley SPICE.The following table is split into two groups based on whether it has a graphical visual interface or not.