Lot 81
GB Medicine Duty selection of medicine bottles and pill boxes



Revenue & Telegraph Stamps of the World | S26000
Auction: 30 January 2026 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Medicine Duty. A selection of medicine bottles (six unopened and one empty) all stamped with Medicine Duty labels, and eighteen opened and unopened pill boxes, similarly labelled. Also four containers with labels that mimic genuine Medicine Duty labels, applied after the duty had ceased to be imposed, and two boxes with other labels, including purchase tax, etc
Footnote
The imitation Medicine Duty labels applied after the duty had ceased were used because the public had come to regard medicines with such labels as high in quality



