The financial crisis in the Late Qing Dynasty were intensified,so charging the Stamp Tax to make up the financial shortfall became very necessary.On the other hand,the Stamp Tax was collected conveniently,and the tax source was sufficient,as it was to say,the most convenient to the people and the income being very broad,so the feasibility of collecting the Stamp Tax appeared.That was why it became the first tax introduced to China in the process of learning from the West.The types of Revenue Stamps of Qing Dynasty are small, but they are distinctive, and confusing.
1. The UK version of Revenue Stamps of Qing Dynasty(Figure 1 ,So-called “the Red Revenue original stamp”). The Qing government commissioned Waterlow & Sons Lemited London to print this set of revenue stamp in September 1896 , specifications 18.5 × 22.5 mm, face value and the color is silver, and 3 cents a red ocean, issued a total of 650,000. Later, because postal needs, most with the “Great Qing Post” and as a stamp use. Design elements: the top of the English “CHINA”, the middle circle printed “3cents” (3 cents); the bottom of the English “REVENUE”. Red Revenue original vote has become a rare treasure, is listed as “Washington Post four treasures” of the first.
2. Japan Printed the Qing state votes (Figure 2). Japan big ticket printed by the Chinese Qing Qing government in 1903, commissioned by 1 to 3 months in Japan and printed, size 25.5 × 21 mm, White paper without watermark. The votes of the middle of a three-oval, the outer oval top banner for the “Great Qing printing tickets,” the words printed on the lower banner 6 variant of seal “Great Qing Dynasty print vote” the right oval at both ends of the central Indian “system “word, left India,” money “; second tier” Shuanglongxizhu pattern “chart, beads, there is a” A “word; the center of the third layer of the printed face value of tickets, such as” Man II “words; votes leaves the four corners of each one decorated with paper flowers in the six mesh pattern; votes above the outer oval has an inverted open top of the flower. The full set of a total of six votes. II face value and the text colors are red, pick up the text blue, Wu Shi Wen orange, green One hundred Wen, Wu Baiwen ocher, tan 6 One thousand paper. The votes are not fulfilled. Early, after the circulation of a stamp to use the mark.
3. Qing U.S. stamps (Figure 3). U.S. stamps by the Chinese Qing Qing government in 1908 commissioned the printing company printed specifications 23 × 25 mm, White paper without watermark. A full set of three denominations and colors were Ershi text ocher, One hundred text green, red 3 One thousand paper. 50 million were printed number, 32000000, 18000000, a total of 100 million. Three votes in the content of slightly different pattern. Similar content, the top of the middle fan (slightly different shape) on the Chinese-language content is “Qing stamp” the words, both sides of the circle (the shape is slightly different) are the nominal value of content, the lower middle fan (slightly different shape) English content on both “CHINESE REVENUE” word, the middle of the bar on the bottom face value in English, Arabic numbers at both ends of the face value. Face value tickets in the middle are in Chinese. The difference is that three votes were content to ask the dragon and phoenix pattern map, Ssangyong hold column chart, Pavilion Temple map.
Currently found in U.S. and Japan Qing Qing tax stamps printed tickets in the country before and after release posted by the real time data
Revenue Stamp Of China 