QV 1871 IMPERF MATCH TAX PROOF PAIR REVENUE TAX FISCAL

THESE STAMPS WERE PREPARED FOLLOWING AN 1871 PARLIAMENTARY BILL THAT PROPOSED TO TAX MATCHES AT 1/2d PER BOX OF 100 MATCHES. SELLING MATCHES WAS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF INCOME FOR THE MANY POOR OF THE COUNTRY AND THIS PROPOSAL RAISED SUCH A LARGE POPULAR OUTCRY THAT IT WAS ABANDONED. HOWEVER BY THIS TIME THESE PROOFS OF THE STAMPS HAD ALREADY BEEN PREPARED.
MATCH TAX HALFPENNY BLUE 1871 REVENUE STAMP PAIR IMPERF1871 MATCH TAX HALFPENNY BLUE IMPERF PAIR: Trials for the match tax proposed by Sir Robert Lowe but not actually issued. Printed in sheets of 240 with ten panes. Mint pair.

Army Telegraphs

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GB Revenue Stamps

MATCH TAX PROOF

QV 1871 IMPERF MATCH TAX PROOF PAIR REVENUE TAX FISCAL

THESE STAMPS WERE PREPARED FOLLOWING AN 1871 PARLIAMENTARY BILL THAT PROPOSED TO TAX MATCHES AT 1/2d PER BOX OF 100 MATCHES. SELLING MATCHES WAS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF INCOME FOR THE MANY POOR OF THE COUNTRY AND THIS PROPOSAL RAISED SUCH A LARGE POPULAR OUTCRY THAT IT WAS ABANDONED. HOWEVER BY THIS TIME THESE PROOFS OF THE STAMPS HAD ALREADY BEEN PREPARED.
MATCH TAX HALFPENNY BLUE 1871 REVENUE STAMP PAIR IMPERF1871 MATCH TAX HALFPENNY BLUE IMPERF PAIR: Trials for the match tax proposed by Sir Robert Lowe but not actually issued. Printed in sheets of 240 with ten panes. Mint pair.