I have been mostly inside today except for a trip to the supermarket and now a weather alert has come up on my screen, as very black clouds are piling up out my window. It was 10:30am and an announcement came over the intercom that the Coles quiet hour was starting. What the? Sure enough half the lights went out and the Coles radio channel was turned off and an eerie silence was all that was left. Most people seemed to be tiptoeing after that.
I have often found duty stamps from the colonial period but could never value them as they don't rate much of a mention in catalogues. I have found an online resource that has info about them and they can be just as valuable as postage stamps. They look like stamps, you lick em and stick em like stamps but they have the words duty not postage. It seems the courts are sticklers for official documents, so duty stamps were invented to be placed on all sorts of documents relating to production, transport and retailing of both farming and manufactured goods.
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| This is the oldest I have from 1867 value $12 |
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| This is the most valued at $60 |
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| This one is from WA printed in 1904. Mint condition $30 |
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