Lot 42
GB Hair Powder Duty 1798 certificate

Revenue & Telegraph Stamps of the World | 5954
Auction: 21 November 2023 at 09:30 GMT
£348
Description
Hair Powder Duty: 1798 (5 April) ‘Stamp Office certificate’ for payment of ‘Hair Powder Annual Duty, 1798.’ showing direct embossed £1.10 revenue (Die A) At upper left. Usual unobtrusive creasing, though still an attractive and rare, this tax one of a sweeping range introduced to avoid national bankruptcy after the American War of Independence. Booth 1

