Catalogue description Board of Stamps: Scottish Letter Books

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Reference: IR 46
Title: Board of Stamps: Scottish Letter Books
Description:

Entry books of letters from the Board of Stamps to its officers in Scotland.

The volumes in this series form an original numbered series, although there are references in the board's other records to Scotch books of dates earlier than 1809, which are not now known to exist.

Date: 1809-1833
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Board of Stamps, 1694-1834

Physical description: 6 volume(s)
Administrative / biographical background:

There was a stamp office in Edinburgh, under the London Board's control, with its own Head Distributor and Collector, Comptroller, Inspector and Solicitor. The distributors in Scotland, of whom there were originally 18, had their number increased to 21 in 1782.

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