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Certificate for a share in Kennet and Avon Canal Navigation, Great Britain, 1808. In corporate law, a stock certificate (also known as certificate of stock or share certificate) is a legal document that certifies the legal interest (a bundle of several legal rights) of ownership of a specific number of shares (or, under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code in the United States, a ...
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.
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.
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
CDs and share certificates are useful when saving for a specific goal, such as a vacation fund. You can choose a term that aligns with the goal, so that the money becomes available when you need it.
Share certificates or stock certificates specify the number of shares owned and serve as proof of ownership. In that sense, it works similarly to a title for a home or vehicle. Certain information ...
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 ...
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.