Stamp on paper : Papier timbre
In
ancien regime
''Ancien'' may refer to
* the French word for "ancient, old"
** Société des anciens textes français
* the French for "former, senior"
** Virelai ancien
** Ancien Régime
** Ancien Régime in France
''Ancien'' may refer to
* the French word fo ...
France, papier timbré (, ''stamped paper'') was paper with a special
revenue stamp
A revenue stamp, tax stamp, duty stamp or fiscal stamp is a (usually) adhesive label used to designate collected taxes or fees on documents, tobacco, alcoholic drinks, drugs and medicines, playing cards, hunting licenses, firearm registration, ...
that was compulsory for all
authentic acts (i.e., documents used in law, such as wills, sale contracts and
vital record
Vital records are records of life events kept under governmental authority, including birth certificates, marriage licenses (or marriage certificates), separation agreements, divorce certificates or divorce party and death certificates. In som ...
s).
The tax on it, known as the timbre fiscal fixe or entier fiscal (sometimes also known as the papier timbré tax as a
metonym), was one of the two forms of the ''timbre fiscal'' (the other was the ''timbre fiscal mobile'').
The
Revolt of the papier timbré
The Revolt of the papier timbré was an anti-fiscal revolt in the west of Ancien Régime France, during the reign of Louis XIV from April to September 1675. It was fiercest in Lower Brittany, where it took on an anti-lordly tone and became know ...
in 17th century Brittany arose from resistance to the papier timbré tax.
See also
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Stamp duty in the United Kingdom
Stamp duty in the United Kingdom is a form of tax charged on legal instruments (written documents), and historically required a physical stamp to be attached to or impressed upon the document in question. The more modern versions of the tax no l ...
References
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Economic history of the Ancien Régime
