Australia Early Issued Revenue Stamps

AUSTRALIA Early issued REVENUE STAMPS??I have them past twenty years already.
All set of 13 stamps

High value on surface.










Show them on there please someone can telling about the revenue stamps issue of the purpose and of information and distributions,
I very humbly asking!THX!

Nice stamps Wayne.

It is always nice to get a complete set too. There are so many types of revenue stamps available and a collector could do a life-long study on them alone w/o ever buying a single postage stamp for their collection.

I am not familiar with that set but hope some other member of the SCF can help you?

Chimo

Bujutsu

These are way outside my area, but I'll add what little I can.

These stamps are from the State of Western Australia. As they're denominated in £sd, they must date from before 1966.

The 'Probate' on the stamps refers to a State tax on the value of property left in a will. In Australia, and elsewhere, wills still have to be 'approved' before the State Supreme Court before they can be put into effect, and the property can be divided up between the heirs. ('Probate' comes from the Latin probare, 'to approve'.)

Member Rod222 would be the ideal person to comment, since he collects Revenue stamps and lives in Western Australia. I don't seem to have seen any contributions from him lately. Is he OK?

Failing that, you could take a look at this Web site for more information: www.ozrevenues.com

Thanks to Bujutsu ,and glad here this set of W.A. revenue stamps have its field place in AUS history.
To tonymacg:
Was originally mean "approved" ... this is really beyond what I can understanding.Thank You!

Wayne, these stamps paid the Probate tax on wills. You had to attach stamps, to the right amount, to the documents before 'Probate was granted', and the will could be carried out, and the property could be distributed to the family or heirs.

Yes,tonymacg,
I getting to know this stamps originally what propose to issue!
Why Bujutsu says There are so many types of revenue stamps available ?mean Probate tax just one kind of W.A. revenue stamps?Do You know another for used in W.A.?and the other states of Australia in that times?what they used?

What's times the really issued times of this tax stamps?

I caculated the amount have ¢G191(6 stamps) and 34/. (shillings)-5 stamps and 9d (2 stamps) on there surface value totally.WOW! very high value even in morden views!

Wayne, got to http://www.ozrevenues.com/Revenue-R...atalogue.htm and you will find a list of most of the Western Australian revenue stamps, with prices in Australian dollars. (At present, $A1 = approximately $US1.03)

From this page http://www.ozrevenues.com/tabs/t12.html you can click on the other Australian States, and Commonwealth, and New Zealand to see other Australian and New Zealand revenue stamps.

Thank You Very much to tonymacg,
Very useful and powerfowl information by You!again many THX!
"New design?"form 1907-1922,Which one my follow?I have no idea!

I think you'll have to check the watermark to be sure which set you have. You probably have the 1907 set.