Help Identify This Embossed Postal Stationary Stamp, Please?!

I've been looking in my Scott books as well as online and I can find very few that are similar but none that are this stamp exactly. I would like to know more about it, such as country, year, use, etc. Any information wanted! Thank you in advance!


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Go to the U.S. Specialized catalog, look in the revenue section for embossed revenues and you'll find what you are looking for.

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Your have a British revenue stamp - note the "shilling" denomination. The Scott catalogs won't help with foreign revenues.

If you search for customs revenue on ebay under the Great Britain stamps category, you will find 2 of these listed, both under $10.

The date is upon the stamp 5th April 1860

Oh the date, I see how that works now, thank you! Any idea what the letters on top mean, they're hard to make out but I believe on the top left it is a F possibly. As for the specialized catalogue I have checked that section out and there seems to be similar ones there, and same outcome when I searched ebay/google similar ones show up but I don't know call me curious I guess I would just like to find out about this very one as it just stands out in my collection. It's different and unique, I have a decent postal stationary collection, and this stamp is just not quite like the rest of them, it certainly has peaked my interest.

According to Forbin revenue catalogue :
#4 : letter E with 2 possible dates only (2/5/60 and 4/5/60)
#4a (yours) : Letter F with 9 possible dates,from 5/4/60 to 16/6/60
E and F are plate numbers.
F is more common.

Your stamp does not come from postal stationery, it would have been impressed on a form of some type or another, a deed transfer, real estate customs papers etc & etc. (ie Impressed Revenue Stamp)

Thanks Vayolene, was not aware of the plate letters, from whence does your information come from please?

I see Forbin. Thanks