Postal tax stamps are sim-ilar to semipostals, except their use is mandatory instead of voluntary. They are used to show payment of a compulsory tax on mailing letters and parcels. The tax-es often go to a charitable institution or fund.
War Tax Stamps - Stamps used on mail during wars as a fund-raiser.
Water-activated Adhesive - Stamp gum that adheres when it is moistened.
War tax stamps were issued by Bahrain in 1973 and 1974, with a denomination of 5 fils.[11]
[edit] References and sources
Notes ...
Indian tax stamps were also issued to provide funds for Pakistani refugees. These are commonly called the refugee relief stamp.
Narcotic Tax Stamps - revenue stamps paying the federal tax on opium, coca leaves and their derivatives. The tax was in effect from 1917 through 1971. Scott RJA ...
Tacna y Arica: (Sp.) Peru postal tax stamps for plebiscite, 1925-28.
Tadzikistan: inscription for Tajikistan.
Tael: unit of currency used in China until 1897.
Tæt klippet:(Dan.) cut close (to design).
Tax stamps - Issued to raise funds: compulsory use.
Telegraph cancel - Cancellation, usually a small cds, showing that the postage stamp was used on a telegraph despatch form.
Persian Rugs is the nickname given to the high value stamps in a series of documentary revenue stamps (tax stamps) issued in 1871. They are probably the most elaborate and colorful, and to many the most beautiful, US stamps ever produced.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing also overprinted Playing Card tax stamps in a similar manner to Bureau prints. Although not valid for any form of postage, these issues often form part of a Bureau precancel collection.
top
Post Cancellation: ...
due; savings stamps; revenue stamps; post office seals; postal savings mail adhesives; newspaper stamps; parcel post adhesives; locals; carriers; stamped envelopes and wrappers; semi-postals; souvenir sheets or blocks; officials; war tax stamps; ...
Such stamps -- tax stamps that paid for everything from taxes on tobacco to playing cards to photos -- are known as "back of the book stamps" for the simple reason that that is where you'll find their listings.
The additional charge is usually noted on the stamp and is earmarked for a special fund. The use of semipostal stamps is voluntary. Postal tax stamps are similar to semipostals, ...
Tobacco sale tax stamp - a revenue stamp intended to pay tax on sale of tobacco above quotas established in Agriculture Adjustment Act of 1935. Like potato tax stamps, it was declared unconstitutional.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Catalog, Local, Cover
  
|
RSS
