Revenue Scans : Worldwide

Another from Kishangarh that has gone to a more loving home:

Impressive documents, Tony.

Rod, the Italians are income tax revs. Maybe it would ease the pain a bit if our own Intern@l Revenue Service would plaster our returns with neat revenue stamps. Nah, probably not.

The signatures / scribbles on the stamps,
do I spot "theft prevention"?

Sorry to disappoint Rod, I think they're serial numbers.

Here's another, much more modest, example: the business half of a 1 Rupee Stamped Paper from Idar State, with four 1 Anna postal-fiscals - here used very fiscally.



One does wonder about the suitability of that moustache in 1947, though ...

The jury's still out.
I fancy control numbers, by management...as theft prevention.

No Rodney, I'm afraid, the jury's back, and has been discharged with thanks for its service. They're sequential numbers, and a regular feature of Kishangarh Stamped Papers.

Can you explain the little white triangles please?
Your brevity is challenging.

Punch marks - a pretty sure way of preventing reuse.

You find several types of cancellation on Kishangarh revenues: punch marks, serial numbers, the handwritten initials 'MC', a couple of types of rubber stamps, and circular date stamps that look just like the postal ones (and may be postal ones doubling as fiscal cancels). You can also find various combinations of these.

There are quite a few Kishangarh court documents floating around with postage stamps used as fiscals and cancelled with CDSs, being offered as postal covers at fancy prices. Some buyers will be in for unpleasant surprises when they offer them for resale, unless they can find more mugs to buy them for fancier prices. Sorry I can't show any specimens, but as you'll understand, I don't buy 'em. This is a genuine cover, though:



(SG 26)

Thanks, I had guessed they were punched Tony
why are they white?
Are the stamps on backing paper, then on cemented on the cover

It was just the backing behind the document when I scanned it. Nothing sinister ...

Australia
Victoria
2d Railways parcel Stamp
cancelled 11th November 1902 Spencer Street Station

Bottom corners ER11V [ Edward Rex (king) 7 ]

Anyone know if they exist listed anywhere?
Thanks.

Not exactly a catalogue, and I'm sure you've seen it, but just in case...

http://www.stampsofvictoria.com/railway.php

C.

You, Sir,are a gentleman.
Been there, visited,
no idea it had the railways.
Thanks.
Surprised actually the stamps didn't make Barefoot
who have beer and other revs.

Rodney, Dave Elsworth also has an online catalogue of Australian revenues and railways. It used to be here

http://users.bigpond.net.au/dave1/tabs/t12.html

but I have the feeling he has a new Web site, though I haven't been able to trace it.

A well timed nudge Tony, thank you.
It had not occurred to me to seek him out.
Dave is our Cinderella club exchange supt.
He has some seriously wicked stamps.

His new home resides here
http://www.ozrevenues.com/