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An Introduction to Canadian Revenue Stamps

Christopher D. Ryan

Assurance Licence Stamps

Québec's Assurance License stamps were used to collect a duty on licences granted to insurance companies during the period of 1876-1878. The duty on each licence was made proportional to the amount of business done by a company by affixing stamps on premium receipts at a rate of 1% or 3% (fire insurance) of the amount paid.

Fire Insurance Receipt

Fire Insurance Receipt

Assurance Licence stamps affixed to the back of the receipt

Two Assurance Licence stamps (90 cents total) affixed to the back of the receipt


Introduction |
Airport Departure Fee Tickets | Amusements Tax Tickets | Assurance License Stamps |
Bill Stamps |
Chômage-Unemployment Stamps | Consular Fee Stamps | Customs Duty Stamps |
Electric Light or Electricity Inspection Stamps | Excise and War Tax Stamps |
Excise Duty – Tobacco Stamps and Malt Syrup Stamps |
Garbage Tags | Gas Inspection Stamps | Gasoline Tax Stamps |
Hospitals Aid Stamps | Hunting and Fishing Stamps |
Inland Revenue Stamps |
Law Stamps | Liquor Stamps – Federal | Luxury Tax Stamps |
Postal Note and Scrip Stamps |
Registration Stamps |
Sales Tax Tickets | Saskatchewan Power Commission | Search Fee |
Telegraph Franks | Telephone Franks | Tobacco Tax | Transfer Tax Stamps | Transportation Tax Stamps |
Unemployment Insurance Stamps |
Vacation Pay Credit Stamps |
War Savings and Thrift Stamps | Weights and Measures Stamps


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