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Halfpenny Tax A charge made by the British Post Office before 1840 on letters transmitted in
Halfpenny Tax A charge made by the British Post Office before 1840 on letters transmitted in
OF PHILATELIC TERMS
Term used for certain stamps produced by De La Rue for Great Britain 1862-1880 from plates which were not put into normal production
Design The artwork approved by a postal administration and passed to the printer for production.
Basic equipment to aid collecting in addition to stamp albums, stamp hinges, Watermark Detector, etc
Mark A handstamp applied to international letters prior to 1875 showing the charge to be collected from the addressee
if conveyed at any point of their journey by vehicles having more than two wheels and for certain tolls such as the Menai Bridge.