The first adhesive revenue stamps of

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were issued in 1868 and preceded the first postage stamps of that country by three years. Morley, Walter. "The Fiscal Stamps of Guatemala" in ''Morley's Philatelic Journal'', Vol. VII, No. 6, June 1906, p. 42.

Purposes

Guatemala has issued revenue stamps to collect documentary taxes, taxes on foreign bills and for other purposes. In addition,

stamped paper Stamped paper is an often- foolscap piece of paper which bears a pre-printed revenue stamp. Mackay, James. ''Philatelic Terms Illustrated''. 4th edition. London: Stanley Gibbons, 2003, p. 147. Stamped papers are not a form of postal stationery ...

had been in use since Spanish colonial times.

Gallery

File:Guatemala 1868 F6.jpg, 1868, tres pesos, first issue revenue stamp. File:Guatemala 1874 revenue F7.jpg, 1874, medio real, second issue revenue stamp. File:1881-82 Guatemala Revenue Stamp 10c.jpg, 1881-82, diez centavos, third issue revenue stamp. File:Guatemala 1889-90 Revenue F42.jpg, 1889-90, 5 pesos, revenue stamp.

References

Philately of Guatemala Economy of Guatemala

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Purposes

Gallery

See also

References