I think one of the resons in this period of Ottoman rule was the difficulty in collecting taxes,especially in potentialy rebelious areas such as Crete.Taxing official documents was an easier approach.The debt of the Empire was growing say by day towards the end of the 19th century.
Thanks Perf12, I read also that Crete island was one of the rare places in Ottoman empire region that people was able to own land, in most places land was public. I looked around to find similar revenue stamps but no luck.
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