Revenue stamp [philately] (Fiscal stamp) miscellaneous catalogue

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Tax stamps are stamps that had to be affixed to specific documents, products or objects on which a tax or excise duty was levied to show that this tax has been paid. More

Tax stamps were introduced in Belgium in 1923. In addition to stamps for general use by the general population (for example to obtain a certificate of good conduct and morals), stamps were also put into circulation that had to be used specifically for one specific purpose. Examples are:

stamps on posters;
stamps as proof of payment of a fine;
travel goods stamps (also included in the section stamps under railway stamps);
stamps on trading securities;
tobacco stamp (excise stamp);

In 1921, Belgium and Luxembourg established a Customs and Currency Union, the Belgian Luxembourg Economic Union, BLEU for short. The BLEU issued its own tax stamps, the majority of which were excise stamps for tobacco and alcohol, among other things. The image accompanying this page shows a 1934 excise stamp usable for all types of products.

The revenue stamps remained in use until the period 2005/2006 when the Stamp Duty Code was deleted at the intercession of the then State Secretary for administrative simplification Vincent Van Quickenborne.

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