cjd
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Post by cjd on Mar 14, 2015 3:59:37 GMT
This will be a short thread, as I don't have too many Spanish Colonies revenues, but I just picked up this neat block on thin buff paper. The 5 reales brown, Court fee, Forbin #29:  These had a little bit of catalogue value back in 1914, relatively speaking. The piece feels just like wrapping paper. The inscription is Derecho Judicial. |
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Mar 14, 2015 4:38:00 GMT
Judicial Law - I wonder what those revenue stamps were for. Did you have to pay a tax to get thrown in jail? ha ha Derecho is a weather term in English, kind of like a land-based hurricane - I got stuck in a derecho once, at the tail end of its strength in West Virginia. A couple hundred miles further west in Ohio it was at full strength and it clobbered the little town I was staying in (the WV trip was just a day trip to watch a baseball tournament). Took 9 days before we got power back, was treated to 102°F / 39°C with 85% humidity in the meantime. Not good for a cold-blooded Canadian, I can tell you that .... Ryan |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Mar 14, 2015 6:04:57 GMT
Judicial Law - I wonder what those revenue stamps were for. Did you have to pay a tax to get thrown in jail? ha ha Derecho is a weather term in English, kind of like a land-based hurricane - I got stuck in a derecho once, at the tail end of its strength in West Virginia. A couple hundred miles further west in Ohio it was at full strength and it clobbered the little town I was staying in (the WV trip was just a day trip to watch a baseball tournament). Took 9 days before we got power back, was treated to 102°F / 39°C with 85% humidity in the meantime. Not good for a cold-blooded Canadian, I can tell you that .... Ryan Just to expand : "Derecho" (Never heard of it before now) relates to a "Straight Line wind storm" Derecho = "Straight" The corollory follows, the stamps are straight (common?) Judicial instruments. |
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cjd
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Post by cjd on Mar 14, 2015 13:12:59 GMT
From what little I can sort out letting Google translate Spanish sites, it was necessary to pay various fees for the services you are asking a judge to perform. Filing a lawsuit, docketing a judgment, etc.
That isn't definitive. It is just the flavor I got from some hunting and pecking online.
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