Lot 46
GB Hat Duty 3d

Revenue & Telegraph Stamps of the World | 5954
Auction: 21 November 2023 at 09:30 GMT
£624
Description
Hat Tax: 1784 3d red brown (for hats "value 4s & under"), unused, on thin creamy laid paper, rather roughly separated at upper edge and with part dividing lines at foot. Faint vertical crease though still far above average for this delicate and very rare early issue, which issued as part of sweeping taxation aimed to stave off national bankruptcy following the American War of Independence. Booth 1.

