Catalogue description Board of Inland Revenue: Office of Director of Stamping: Miscellanea

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Details of IR 79
Reference: IR 79
Title: Board of Inland Revenue: Office of Director of Stamping: Miscellanea
Description:

Most of these records of the Office of Director of Stamping concern the printing, manufacture etc. of postage and other stamps, including stamps for the government of India.

This series also contains a letter book of the Board of Stamps, 1811 to 1826, relating to legacy Duty Office business and a few records of the Board of Stamps and Taxes.

Date: 1811-1966
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Board of Inland Revenue, Office of Director of Stamping, 1919-1975

Physical description: 183 files and volumes
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1977 Board of Inland Revenue

Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Office of the Director of Stamping was the oldest branch within the Inland Revenue until its merger with the Office of the Controller of Stamps in 1975. The Director of Stamping was responsible for the administration of many, now extinct, duties and fees payable in the form of stamps or labels, such as those on post horses, table water or patent medicines. He was also responsible for the manufacture of all postage stamps used in this country from 1840 to 1914, when this task was transferred to the Post Office, and he was charged with the production of Treasury notes from 1914 to 1928, when they were superseded by Bank of England notes. The manufacture of stamps (eg unemployment and national health insurance stamps) was undertaken on behalf of other Government Departments, while postage and other stamps were produced for Colonial or Commonwealth Governments, such as those of India and Jamaica.

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