Lot 105
GB Painted Paper Duty. 1791 Wallpaper Duty piece

Revenue & Telegraph Stamps of the World | S25005
Auction: 29 July 2025 at 14:00 BST
£720
Description
Painted Paper Duty. 1791 piece of blue-painted wallpaper. Two duty handstamps in blue on the reverse, Booth Type 108-4 ‘FIRST ACCOUNT TAKEN/ Crown/ 54’ and the Type 108-5 ‘frame mark’ dated 1791
Footnote
The tax at this time was 1¾d per square yard

