Royal Courts of Justice

An impressed duty (revenue) stamp from Britain for paying legal fees at the Royal Courts of Justice. There are an enormous number of different stamps of this type, all a little different and they make an interesting area of study.

A South African Cinderella

A block of four South African savings stamps. I know nothing about these apart from the obvious and would be interested to know when they were in use.

One of the last British revenue stamps

A British 25p District Audit stamp. This stamp was one of the last revenue stamps issued by the British government and dates from the 1970s.

An Aden court fee stamp

A George VI, 8 Anna, Indian court fee revenue stamp overprinted for use in Aden which came within the Indian postal service at the time. The stamp is about the same length as a playing card.

A Swedish official stamp

A 2 Ore Swedish official stamp. Trying to get a complete set of these but they are very difficult to acquire without any faults. Poor centering is the biggest problem. This is about as good as they get. On the plus side, they are an excellent source of clear postmarks and normally the cancel is exactly in the centre of the stamp, unlike here.

An Ohio sales tax stamp

An Ohio prepaid sales tax revenue stamp for 6 cents including both parts, and rouletted down the middle. Many different series of these were issued and with a number of different printers and perforations. The printer of this one is shown to be Reserve Litho., Cleveland, Ohio. The security watermark clearly shows through the paper.

A stamp from Burma

A British colonial Burma 10 Rupee stamp.