Post by jamesw on Mar 31, 2014 0:22:20 GMT
A little back ground info. Canada's Special War Revenue Act was in place from April 15, 1915 until it was replaced by the Excise Tax act on February 19, 1953. During that time special war tax stamps, excise stamps and postage stamps were used to indicate the tax had been paid on cheques, money orders and other documents.
Fast forward to today, and yours truly finds in antique mall, a bunch of cheques dated December 1952 and January 1953. A couple had KGVI postage stamps (SC#286) and 3¢ excise stamps (van Dam FX64). But these two caught my attention. The 1952 cheque had two 3¢ postal meter impressions (look to be a Type 10 Pitney Bowes {Holmes Specialized Catalogue}) and the 1953 cheque had one excise meter impression (Type A {Canadian Revenue Stamp Catalogue/van Dam}).
So meter stamps were also used as revenue on documents. These would also be late usage in the War Revenue Act, a mere month or two before its end.
Just thought I'd share
Fast forward to today, and yours truly finds in antique mall, a bunch of cheques dated December 1952 and January 1953. A couple had KGVI postage stamps (SC#286) and 3¢ excise stamps (van Dam FX64). But these two caught my attention. The 1952 cheque had two 3¢ postal meter impressions (look to be a Type 10 Pitney Bowes {Holmes Specialized Catalogue}) and the 1953 cheque had one excise meter impression (Type A {Canadian Revenue Stamp Catalogue/van Dam}).
So meter stamps were also used as revenue on documents. These would also be late usage in the War Revenue Act, a mere month or two before its end.
Just thought I'd share