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[A sheet of unused Stamp Act of 1765 stamped paper, and a blue stamp]

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Description
One sheet of paper with perpendicular chain-lines and water-mark "IV" in the center which has one penny stamp on upper left-hand corner. The stamp has "One Penny sheet" enclosed in a circle surmounted by a crown and the letter "J" to the left of the crown, and the letter "T" outside and below the circle. To the right of the stamp is an embossed stamp reading "America ... II shillings, VI pence". Also includes a stamp embossed on blue paper, cut from an old parchment document, to which it is pasted. The three stamps are examples of those issued by the British Parliament in order to levy taxes on the Colonies in America under the Stamp Act of 1765.
Type
Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date
[1765]
Call number
144961
Creator
Great Britain(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Church copy with bookplate, no. 1055.
Dimensions
27 cm
Associated people
Church, Elihu Dwight, (1835-1908,)
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