May 27, 2020 Founders & Patriots
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STAMP ACT. Embossed Revenue Stamped on Blue Paper. Superb printing of the infamous British Tax Stamp for Two Shillings and Six Pence issued in the American colonies in 1765 after the passage of the Stamp Act by the British Parliament in March, 1765. Scott 31. Stamp features "AMERICA" superimposed over the Royal crown over Tudor rose with motto surround and bearing "II SHILLINGS. VI PENCE" below. On recto is applied paper stamp bearing crown/GR device with "315" stamped on upper righthand corner. Extremely rare. The most famous stamp in American History, which was required to be affixed to official and public documents, such as wills, deeds, mortgages, notes, newspapers, pamphlets, according to the Stamp Act of 1765. This Stamp Act aroused angry opposition in the Colonies; although repealed the following year (1766), it was the beginning of resistance to the Crown in America, and one of the direct causes leading to the American Revolutionary War. CONDITION: Choice Extremely Fine. JLK
Illustrated and discussed on pp. 50-51 of "For Liberty I Live."