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A New Zealand stamp duty revenue stamp used postally in Christchurch, New Zealand, 1894. A postal fiscal is a revenue stamp that has been authorised for postal use. [1] Postal fiscals may arise because there is a shortage of postage stamps for a country or out of economy to use up obsolete or excess stocks of revenue stamps.
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 first revenue stamps in the United States were used briefly during colonial times, among the most notable usage involved the Stamp Act.Long after independence, the first revenue stamps printed by the United States government were issued in the midst of the American Civil War, prompted by the urgent need to raise revenue to pay for the great costs it incurred.
In philately a fiscal cancel – symbol [1] – is a cancellation on a stamp that indicates that the stamp has been used for fiscal (taxation) purposes. [2] The stamp may either be a revenue stamp, intended purely for fiscal use, or it may be a dual-purpose stamp valid for either postal or fiscal use.
A 1922 Malta stamp from the Melita issue used as a postage stamp (strip of three with Sliema postmarks) and as a revenue stamp (single with an Anglo-Egyptian Bank cancellation) A postage and revenue stamp, sometimes also called a dual-purpose stamp [1] [2] or a compound stamp, [3] is a stamp which is equally valid for use for postage or revenue ...
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
A 6d Inland Revenue Stamp used as a postal fiscal in 1892. In 1853, two 1d revenue stamps with designs depicting Queen Victoria and inscribed Receipt and Draft were issued. These stamps were surface printed by De La Rue, and their design resembles that of postage stamps, so many philatelists regard them as the first "true" adhesive revenue ...
Postal tax stamps are similar to semi-postals, except their use is mandatory instead of voluntary. They are used to show payment of a compulsory tax on mailing letters and parcels. The taxes often go to a charitable institution or fund. [2] The postal tax stamp originated in Spain and Portugal.