Trinidad revenue ID.

Looking for some gossip to go alongside this one
in my album.
I can find reference to it on Google,
but only to specialist catalogues.

5 shilling queen victoria "free fee" revenue used.
http://cjoint.com/data/fAe1kFOFpo.htm

On May 25, 10:56*pm, "rodney" wrote:
Looking for some gossip to go alongside this one
in my album.
I can find reference to it on Google,
but only to specialist catalogues.

5 shilling queen victoria "free fee" revenue used.http://cjoint.com/data/fAe1kFOFpo.htm

My interpretion of Free Fee is a case where , under
normal circumstances, a fee would be payable
(possibly by means of revenue stamp).

However , under certain conditions, the fee is waived
or foregone. Thus my guess would be that in this case
the conditiond existed and the normal fee was waived.
The stamp would show that the fee had been waived.
"just for the record".

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The 2008 American Philatelic "Congress Book"
(74th edition) was published in 2008 and released
at StampShow in Hartford. The hard cover book
contains 218 pages.

It has an article on:
The Revenue stamps of Trinidad:
The “FEE” and “FREE FEE” issues

The book is available for $43 + $2.50 postage
from the American Philatelic Congress
c/o Ross A. Towle; 400 Clayton Street;
San Francisco, CA 94117-1912. USA


Blair

Thankyou Blair.

"Blair"
My interpretion of Free Fee is a case where , under
normal circumstances, a fee would be payable
(possibly by means of revenue stamp).

However , under certain conditions, the fee is waived
or foregone. Thus my guess would be that in this case
the conditiond existed and the normal fee was waived.
The stamp would show that the fee had been waived.
"just for the record".

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On May 25, 10:56�pm, "rodney" wrote:
Looking for some gossip to go alongside this one
in my album.
I can find reference to it on Google,
but only to specialist catalogues.

5 shilling queen victoria "free fee" revenue used.http://cjoint.com/data/fAe1kFOFpo.htm

According to the article in the cited Congress Book by Dr. Ramkissoon,
the "FREE FEE" stamps were introduced in 1887. According to the
article: "No fees were taken in the case of criminal persecutions
(larceny, embezzlement, obtaining money, etc.,) or in any information
by a Police Constable. In such cases, "FREE FEE" stamps of the
appropriate value were utilized in the execution of the document."

There were provisional issues in the values of 1 and 5 shillings,
followed by permanent issues appearing in late 1888(yours is one of
the permanent issue).

Marvelous, thank you very much Rudy.
Interesting concept.

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On May 25, 10:56?pm, "rodney" wrote:
Looking for some gossip to go alongside this one
in my album.
I can find reference to it on Google,
but only to specialist catalogues.

5 shilling queen victoria "free fee" revenue
used.http://cjoint.com/data/fAe1kFOFpo.htm

According to the article in the cited Congress Book by Dr. Ramkissoon,
the "FREE FEE" stamps were introduced in 1887. According to the
article: "No fees were taken in the case of criminal persecutions
(larceny, embezzlement, obtaining money, etc.,) or in any information
by a Police Constable. In such cases, "FREE FEE" stamps of the
appropriate value were utilized in the execution of the document."

There were provisional issues in the values of 1 and 5 shillings,
followed by permanent issues appearing in late 1888(yours is one of
the permanent issue).