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Auction: 6004 - British Empire Stamps & Covers, featuring Australia
Lot: 820

x Orange Free State Revenue Stamps and Usages 1859-60 Manuscript Provisionals 1860 large receipt pieces (3) each showing encircled manuscript tax marks for different values; also 1853 (15 Sept.) piece showing boxed type "Staat Zegel Oranje Vrystaat" for 5/- Estimate £ 100-120Note: A new tax law of 1859 had widely broadened the scope of Stamp Duty. The necessity to resort to manuscript provisional "stamps" was occasioned by the ensuing shortage of revenue stamps as the authorities were unable to keep up with demand due the slowness of the embossed method

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