2017-02-08 Wed

Today we are well aware about the concept of postage stamps. But do u known stamps are also used for the purpose of revenue or tax collection like on tobacco, court fees, sales tax and etc.

India during the colonial period had two type of stamp, which is so categorised by Philatelists just for Indian philately: a) The stamp issued by the Post of the Feudatory State which are valid within their state b) The convention state of British India, they had an agreement with the British postal system to handle the internal postage and overprint stamps of British India within a specific state.

Revenue stamps proved to be a vital factor for revenue collection in British India and one such revenue stamp was Bill stamp. This kind of stamp was attached with the bill of any transaction of commodity or purchase. These bill stamps were a tax fee attached with the purchase of commodity within a state.

This particular stamp depicted in the image above was issued by the Princely State of Gondal of Kathiwar Agency in Bombay Presidency during British Raj. The last ruler of state signed the instrument of accession to the Indian union on 15 February 1948.

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