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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.
Documentary heritage is a field of tangible and movable cultural heritage focused on the conservation and communication of documents of heritage interest such as bound volumes, works on paper, iconographic documents of varying media such as lithographs, engravings, and etchings, cartographic documents, and manuscripts, ephemera, and other unica.
This is a very scarce use of the world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black, used on first day of valid use, May 6, 1840, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation on folded cover to Warwickshire, brown "C MY-6 1840" first day datestamp on backflap verifies date of use. This was sold as lot 1018 at Robert Siegal's 2006 Rarities of the World ...
However, you shouldn't throw your old stamps away just yet -- they may be worth a lot of money. You may not be aware, but stamp collecting is an extremely popular hobby, and some collectors are ...
Revenue philately is the study of stamps used to collect taxes or fees on such things as legal documents, court fees, receipts, tobacco, alcoholic drinks, drugs and medicines, playing cards, hunting licenses and newspapers. Maximaphily is the study of Maximum Cards. Maximum Cards can be defined as a picture postcard with a postage stamp on the ...
Originally conceived as a documentary film, "Selling Superman" grew into four intense episodes that delve into topics like the soaring value of vintage comic books and the history of Superman-type ...
Here are some tips for how to get started selling your photos and hopefully making a profit: Take quality photos. High-quality pictures will sell more and at a higher rate than low-quality ones.