Revenue stamps pay tax instead of postage
By Rick Miller
Some postage stamp collectors tend to assume that anything that looks like a stamp must be a postage stamp.
Definition: Revenue stamps are often collected by postage stamp collectors and are sometimes included in a postage stamp catalog of the country of origin. Great Britain issued stamps that did double duty as postage and tax payment.
REVENUE STAMPS: Used to show that taxes were paid on certain items. Cat. Designation: "R" or "R" plus another letter
ROTARY PRESS: A printing press that uses curved printing plates and a continuous roll of paper, called a web..
Revenue stamps are stamps used to collect taxes and fees. They are issued by Governments, national and local, and by official bodies of various kinds.
Revenue stamps, these are also known as fiscal stamps or tax stamps. They are applied to an object to indicate that tax has been paid. They are usually issued by the government.
Revenue Stamps - Labels that do not pay postage but pay other fees or taxes.
Se-tenant - Two or more attached stamps with different designs.
First Issue Revenue Stamps - revenue stamps (Scott R1-R102) issued from 1862-1871 to help finance the Civil War.
Battleship Revenue Stamps
Perfin Related Sites:
The Perfins Club
The Perfin Society
Commercial Overprint Society of Great Britain
Italian Perfin Web Site
Jonz Stamping Ground Perfin Page
UK Perfins of the Victorian Period ...
This 1895 issue of revenue stamps was used to collect tax during the Spanish-American War. The tax was levied on medicines, pills, etc.
Postal fiscal: Revenue Stamps
Postal history: The study of historical postal markings, rates and routes.
Postal stationery: Anything excluding postage stamps used in the postal system including covers, postcards etc.
Some people collect revenue stamps, which are used by the country of issue to tax items.
Distilled Spirits Revenue Stamps - Stamps used to document that the taxes due on a shipment of liquor has been paid.
Doctor Blade - A metal blade used to clean surplus ink from the cylinder or plate.
Talon: (Sp.) small stamp attached to the bottom of revenue stamps of Mexico.
Talloncino: (It.) tab (attached).
Talt: (Dan.) counted..
Talyllyn Railway: British railway local post.
Tamaņo: (Sp.) format, size.
Cinderellas include seals and bogus issues, as well as revenue stamps, local post issues and other similar items.
Classic - An early issue, often with a connotation of rarity, although classic stamps are not necessarily rare.
This might include air mail, special delivery, semi-official, official, postage due, local issues, stamped envelopes, post cards, hunting permit stamps, essays, and revenue stamps.
Bahnhof - Railway station
Bahnpost - Railway ...
The young people sometime also collect different stamps as well; these stamps are printed with the lifestyle of the country as well as the country's scenery; Revenue stamps catalog that were also used in government documents were also collected ...
These stamps belong to the so-called "Second Issue" US Revenue stamps. The First Issue stamps were created in 1862 as part of the system of new taxes instituted to help finance the northern side of the Civil War, and continued for a few years after.
Revenue stamps - stamps issued to pay taxes.
Topical stamp collecting - many collectors choose to organize their philatelic collection on the theme of the stamps, covers, or postmarks. Popular topical themes are animals
Dogs,
Cats,
Butterflies, ...
Gum: The mucilage applied to the backs of adhesive postage stamps, revenue stamps or envelope flaps. Gum is a concern of stamp collectors. It may crack and harm the paper of the stamp itself.
Fiscal Philately - collection of revenue stamps and stamped documents which have been used to pay revenues or taxes.
Maximaphilly - collection of picture postcards showing the stamp design or a picture with some relation to the stamp on it.
Used Fiscally Stamps or revenue stamps used for the payment of revenue charges
Used on Cover A stamp (or stamps) postmarked and preserved on the original envelope.
Postage, including commemorative or special purpose adhesives; airmail; special delivery and special delivery airmail; registration; postage due; savings stamps; revenue stamps; post office seals; postal savings mail adhesives; newspaper stamps; ...
Cinderellas include a wide variety of stamp-like labels, seals and bogus issues, as well as revenue stamps, local post issues and other similar items.
Catalogue: Comprehensive compilation of postage stamps and revenue stamps, providing descriptions and, usually, values for the items, often including stamps priced on cover.
Catalog. Comprehensive listing of postage and revenue stamps, including current price valuations and illustrations.
revenue stamps, priced about $12.00.
American Album:
Spaces for U. S. stamps, including revenues and embossed envelopes, yearly supplements, illustrated Scott catalogue numbers in each space. Priced about $5.
Hyphen-hole perforation - perforation that utilizes the line method in cutting rectangular holes instead of the usual round ones. Some U.S. revenue stamps use this type of perforation.
There were exhibits of Israeli stamps and revenue stamps and Brazilian stamps and stamps of sword fights. There was an exhibit by a girl of dozens of different Love stamps and postmarks.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Cover, Catalog, Philatelic
  
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