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By 1875 the Internal Revenue awarded the contract to print for revenue stamps to the National Bank Note Company who prepared a second series of proprietary stamps. The new revenue stamps are commonly referred to as the "second proprietary issue," and occur in 1-cent, 2-cent, 3-cent, 4-cent, 5-cent, and 6-cent denominations.
Nyasaland, c.1921-1955 - Revenue stamps of Nyasaland and Malawi; Oman, 1945-c.2000; Orange Free State (Orange River Colony), 1856-1907; Pahang, c.1890-1950 - Revenue stamps of the Malay States; Pakistan, 1947-c.1985 - Revenue stamps of Pakistan; Palestine, 1928 - Revenue stamps of Palestine; Penang, 1942-1949 - Revenue stamps of the Malay States
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.
The stamps were recalled and reprinted with the correct photo, [61] but due to the demand of the collectors and to recoup some of the printing revenue lost, the post office released 150,000 of the stamp sheets by lottery.
The Stamp Act 1765, also known as the Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3.c. 12), was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper from London which included an embossed revenue stamp.
The dark blue 2-dollar stamp was issued June 5, 1903. The stamp image was designed by R. Ostrander Smith from a painting by an unknown artist, and Madison's portrait was engraved by George F. C. Smillie. Both the 1894 and 1903 2-dollar stamps were often used by the Post Office for internal transferring of funds. [34]