Self-adhesive stamps were today on sale to the general public for the first time. In future all first and second-class stamp booklets will contain self-adhesive rather than the old-fashioned ...

One of the best-looking stamps in the world of philately is also one of the very first ever used — and the first to ever use an adhesive backing. The British Penny Black is coveted among stamp ...

The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive stamp and was issued first in the UK in 1840. It helped transform the way letters were sent by making it cheaper and much more straightforward.

In a decidedly digital age, the modest postage stamp seems to be slowly vanishing from daily life—no longer ubiquitous in ...

The letter cover is adorned with a British Penny Black postage stamp, the world's first-ever adhesive postage stamp, and is dated May 2, 1840, just one day after the new stamp was released in the ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist ...

Non-judicial stamp papers are generally used for execution of legal documents such as sale deed, lease deed, etc. In some cases, adhesive stamps are used; for e.g., notarial acts, share transfer ...

How should one sign an instrument affixed with adhesive stamp? According to the provisions of Section 12, any person executing an instrument—affixed with adhesive stamps shall cancel the ...

No tax is popular, but stamp duty is more unpopular than most. Moving house is probably the most expensive thing you will ever do – and a stamp duty bill can add thousands of pounds to the ...

Enter the price, location and purpose of the property you're buying and our stamp duty calculator will tell you how much tax you'll have to pay on it. This calculator has been updated to reflect the ...

In the Autumn Budget, stamp duty for buy-to-let properties and second homes increased by two percentage points. The table shows the current buy-to-let stamp duty rates in England and Northern Ireland.

Property landlords are braced for record stamp duty bills next year as Rachel Reeves prepares to launch a Budget tax crackdown. The threat to buy-to-let investors has emerged as part of the ...