revenue stamp
noun[C]
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anofficialmarkthat is put on somegoodsto show thatgovernmenttaxhas beenpaid:
Manufacturers oftobaccoproductshave toattacharevenuestampto eachpacket.
Examplesofrevenue stamp
revenue stamp
This was really intended as arevenuestamp, it being nearly impossible to invent a piece of mail needing so much postage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When citizens are issued a new passport, the firstrevenuestamp, or bollo, is included.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The tax payment buys arevenuestamp, which is the legal document allowing possession of a suppressor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Arevenuestampauthorized subsequently for postal use is known as a postal fiscal.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The stamp was to pay the tax on receipts then current and was therefore used as arevenuestamp.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The incomes from therevenuestampcreated a surplus in the university finances, which were poorly administrated.
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Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A cigarette tax stamp is a specific example of arevenuestamp.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A physical stamp (arevenuestamp) had to be attached to or impressed upon the document to denote that stamp duty had been paid before the document was legally effective.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Covers and sheets of paper bearing therevenuestampalready impressed were to be sold at all post offices.
FromProject Gutenberg
Those who have been abroad will have noticed the unobtrusive littlerevenuestampin the corner of the big wall posters in foreign countries.
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Hansard archive
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