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Guatemala has been independent from Spain since 1847. The first adhesive stamps of Guatemala were
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Guatemala has been independent from Spain since 1847. The first adhesive stamps of Guatemala were revenue stamp
A revenue stamp, tax stamp, duty stamp or fiscal stamp is a (usually) adhesive label used to designate collected taxes or fees on documents, tobacco, alcoholic drinks, drugs and medicines, playing cards, hunting licenses, firearm registration, ...
s issued in 1868. Forbin, Alfred. ''Catalogue Prix Courant de tous les Timbre Fiscaux emis dans le monde entire''. Paris, 1910, p. 493. The first postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail), who then affix the stamp to the f ...
s were produced in 1871.
See also
*Revenue stamps of Guatemala
The first adhesive revenue stamps of Guatemala were issued in 1868 and preceded the first postage stamps of that country by three years. Morley, Walter. "The Fiscal Stamps of Guatemala" in ''Morley's Philatelic Journal'', Vol. VII, No. 6, June 1906 ...
* 1868-1900 Stamps of Guatemala on Wikimedia Commons
References
Further reading
*Andrews, James C. (1994) ''Guatemalan Telegraph Stamps & Stationery''. Detroit: International Society of Guatemala Collectors. (A corrected version of the 1993 original of the same title.)External links
Asociacion Filatelica de Guatemala
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