firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Mar 13, 2015 20:51:39 GMT
Was unable to locate this one in Van Damn. Quebec  National excise ? Catalog number and what was it's use ??  |
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cjd
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Post by cjd on Mar 13, 2015 21:11:09 GMT
That looks way too much like the middle of a tobacco stamp to be a coincidence. S.M. Return probably means semi-monthly return, which was part of the taxation process. I don't have any Quebec tobacco stamps to scan, but perhaps I can find a scan online. Sadly, I don't have the Brandom catalogue, either, but someone here will.
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cjd
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Post by cjd on Mar 13, 2015 21:19:38 GMT
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Mar 13, 2015 21:54:28 GMT
Thanks.When I was younger I was a bit sharper.I knew it looked familiar but couldn't link the brain cells today.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Mar 14, 2015 2:10:14 GMT
Nice detective work Cjd. Nicely signed by one, G La Rue, very philatelic  |
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Post by jamesw on Mar 14, 2015 2:56:00 GMT
Coolio!
The C.D. Ryan Catalogue of the Federal Tobacco Stamps of Canada (First Edition June 2013) lists those as Manufactured Tobacco Strip Stamps, Series of 1880 Consumption & Warehouse.
Your bottom stamp is what he refers to as 'Open', for general use at all Inland Revenue Divisions. The other stamp you show is from the, obviously, Quebec Division.
Other divisions listed include Montreal, Hamilton, Toronto, Windsor, and Joliette.
Black stamps are for the full rate of excise duty.
Green stamps are for low rate of excise duty
Red stamps are Warehouse stamps for excise.
The purple stamp that cid shows is for Manufactured Reworked Tobacco, Series of 1881 (the 1880 series of Reworked Tobacco stamps were brown)
Divisions listed for these are Quebec, Montreal and Windsor.
Each division sported a different signature:
Quebec - G. LaRue (obviously!)
Hamilton - C.G. Forier
Montreal - J.L. Vincent
Toronto - J. Morrow or W.C. Stratton
Windsor - James Gow
Joliette - R.M. Leprohon
It does not show who these signatories are (that I can find)
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cjd
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Post by cjd on Mar 14, 2015 3:14:16 GMT
These have to be big money. Like I need something else to hunt down...
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National excise ? Catalog number and what was it's use ??
