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Yes, it's a British embossed revenue stamp.
There were around 10,000 different dies used over many years.
In this case the stamp was embossed on to a piece of blue paper which was attached to the document being taxed using a tin staple.
The ends of the staple on the back of the document are covered with a "cypher label" showing the royal cypher, in this case that of Queen Victoria.
From about the 1870s onwards stamps started to be embossed in colour directly on to the document without a staple or cypher label.
I've no idea whether many people collect these or what prices they go for.
There was a catalogue published in the US in 1981, "The Impressed Duty Stamps of Great Britain".
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I have a few of these myself and they are GB. These I think are less common than their eventual replacements; fiscal and revenues stamps. I am hoping to buy a couple from the late 1600's to early 1700's over the next day or so.
I noticed that the crown is a different design on yours, with a letter B in top left, yet it has the cypher VR on the reverse (Victoria)
Can you confirm these are tinned, as I was led to believe these were embossed silver?
These don't seem to attract much interest from what I've seen, so value is rather meagre. Certainly the ones I bought were in the £3-5 range.
Here's a closeup:
Edit:
Just seen nigelc's post. It would seem that tin was in fact used.
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Valuable or not, they are certainly very cool. I must keep my eye open for them. Having worked with Silver all my life the "staples' sure appear to be Silver.
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I see these come up on ebay when I search for patents. Usually there are several listed but today I found one. I don't collect them so I can't say what their value is. You can search ebay for items sold under patent in stamps to give you an idea of what they sell for.
Vince
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GB-revenue-embossed-impressed-50-PATENT-stamp-RARE-/222507668476?hash=item33ce7d93fc:g:eJIAAOSwY3BZFE4s
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Here's the rather poor image on that linked eBay item; a £50 high denomination embossed revenue, dated 2nd December 1869. Note the 'gold' staple:
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Looking again at the crown on Soundcrest's copy, I suspect the embossed mark is actually from the latter part of George IV's reign, and used in Victoria's early reign.
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I have in my possession a British (GB probably) Tin Seal Revenue. I got that info from a site called Stampcommunity.org. I have never seen one in my life, nor can I find someone selling one. Are they rare? Any idea as to the value? Any help would be appreciated. Only on that stamp board do I see this mentioned
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re: Tin Seal Revenue
Yes, it's a British embossed revenue stamp.
There were around 10,000 different dies used over many years.
In this case the stamp was embossed on to a piece of blue paper which was attached to the document being taxed using a tin staple.
The ends of the staple on the back of the document are covered with a "cypher label" showing the royal cypher, in this case that of Queen Victoria.
From about the 1870s onwards stamps started to be embossed in colour directly on to the document without a staple or cypher label.
I've no idea whether many people collect these or what prices they go for.
There was a catalogue published in the US in 1981, "The Impressed Duty Stamps of Great Britain".
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re: Tin Seal Revenue
I have a few of these myself and they are GB. These I think are less common than their eventual replacements; fiscal and revenues stamps. I am hoping to buy a couple from the late 1600's to early 1700's over the next day or so.
I noticed that the crown is a different design on yours, with a letter B in top left, yet it has the cypher VR on the reverse (Victoria)
Can you confirm these are tinned, as I was led to believe these were embossed silver?
These don't seem to attract much interest from what I've seen, so value is rather meagre. Certainly the ones I bought were in the £3-5 range.
Here's a closeup:
Edit:
Just seen nigelc's post. It would seem that tin was in fact used.
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re: Tin Seal Revenue
Valuable or not, they are certainly very cool. I must keep my eye open for them. Having worked with Silver all my life the "staples' sure appear to be Silver.
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re: Tin Seal Revenue
I see these come up on ebay when I search for patents. Usually there are several listed but today I found one. I don't collect them so I can't say what their value is. You can search ebay for items sold under patent in stamps to give you an idea of what they sell for.
Vince
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GB-revenue-embossed-impressed-50-PATENT-stamp-RARE-/222507668476?hash=item33ce7d93fc:g:eJIAAOSwY3BZFE4s
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re: Tin Seal Revenue
Here's the rather poor image on that linked eBay item; a £50 high denomination embossed revenue, dated 2nd December 1869. Note the 'gold' staple:
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re: Tin Seal Revenue
Looking again at the crown on Soundcrest's copy, I suspect the embossed mark is actually from the latter part of George IV's reign, and used in Victoria's early reign.
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