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Revenue stamps of Transvaal

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was a short lived Boer republic which existed from 1884 to 1888, when it was absorbed into the ZAR. Postage stamps were used for fiscal purposes, but in 1886 a £15 value was issued in the same design as postage stamps but solely intended for fiscal use. Only three were printed, and one survives to
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revenues were numeral stamps inscribed ZEGELREGT issued in 1875. A set of 9 with values from 6d to £5 was issued, and it is imperforate. In 1876 an embossed 1d value was issued for cheques.
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was issued to pay entertainment tax on theatre on concert tickets. This was replaced by a numeral design around 1950. A Furniture Workers stamp was also issued around 1940.
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The first issues of the second republic were similar to the 1875 issues but perforated. These were replaced by a numeral design in 1886, which remained in use until the
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and a new value to pay for the fee for passports of native workers. A year later postage or revenue stamps featuring King Edward VII were overprinted
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to pay the tax on imported printed matter. There are two different types of the overprint and they were applied to values ranging 1d to 6d.
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After the South African Republic came under British suzerainty in 1877, ZAR revenues were overprinted
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for the same purpose. In 1903 revenues were overprinted with a departmental control cachet
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from 1875 to around 1950. There were a number of different stamps for several taxes.
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this day. It is one of the greatest rarities of British Empire revenue philately.
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to pay for the fee for late payment of duties. These were replaced by
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as well. Finally, in 1908 Transvaal postage stamps featuring
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In 1900, the numeral issues of 1886 were issued handstamped
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South Africa - Entertainments Duty (Cape, OFS, Transvaal).
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later that year. Around 1940, a design featuring the
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Transvaal revenues were also overprinted for use in
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Revenue Reverend, 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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Index


South African Republic
Transvaal
revenue stamps
ZAR
Second Boer War
New Republic
Zeerust
Cape revenues
King Edward VII
postage stamps
King Edward VII
colonial
South African penalty stamps
South African coat of arms
Bechuanaland Protectorate
Swaziland
Postage stamps and postal history of Transvaal
Revenue stamps of South Africa
ISBN
0906845726
South Africa - Entertainments Duty (Cape, OFS, Transvaal).
Gallery of Transvaal revenue stamps
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Revenue stamps
Basutoland
Bechuanaland
British Somaliland

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