Exploring a Stamp From 1786:

[@SRHS83]

As a genealogist, I love old documents like this and to see that revenue stamps were on ones from the late 1700's, that makes me happy. Thank you again for an awesome video!

[@ExploringStamps]

You must come across some amazing items, I can only imagine 😀. Glad you enjoyed the video Janel, thanks for watching!

[@SRHS83]

@@ExploringStamps I do! Most are copies of original documents like Civil War pensions but I do have a few original land records. Not from the 1700's though, but from the late 1800's and early 1900's. USA documents.

[@reganvercruysse4224]

Your replication of the embossed revenue stamp was, once again, as with so many other features of Exploring Stamps,...simply brilliant! Thoroughly enjoyable.

[@ExploringStamps]

Oh thank you! 😊. Glad you enjoyed it Regan, thanks for watching!

[@physics2112]

Old manuscripts like this are always a marvel to behold. The video's detailed analysis of the indenture document enhances its appeal even more.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you! When I first got the document, I thought it was beautiful... but then the more I explored it, the more I kept saying "WOW" ... such a cool item. Thanks as always for watching 😊

[@RichardPhilatelist]

I enjoyed your demo and laughed out when I saw your Royal Cypher😂

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Richard! I am very proud of my Royal Cypher (🙂)

[@SuperJoylon]

OMG Graham! What a treasure you have in your collection! I bet the Queen doesn't have this one in her collection, LOL. This episode is definitely in my top 5 of favorites. Nice demo of the adherence of the foil/silver portion of the stamp. All of the info is so interesting and you always make your videos so enjoyable to watch...thank you!!

[@ExploringStamps]

😊 Glad you enjoyed the video and demo! It really is a wonderful treasure in my collection. Thanks so much for watching!

[@stampconnectwithravi]

Marvellous👍

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you! 😊

[@yvescote2808]

Quite simply astonishing this part of the history of the beginnings of the use of a legal system which is no more than the ancestor of criptography! The paper support, the connection between the documents, the inlay and the connection of the stamp with the information. Bravo for the episode which is still so exciting.

[@ExploringStamps]

It really is! I could spend hours studying items like this and not realize how much time has passed. Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for watching 😊

[@LouisGedo]

Incredible document, Incredible research and analysis, and Incredible video editing. This may be my new favorite episode of EXPLORING STAMPS!!

[@ExploringStamps]

Wow, thanks Louis. This was a really fun one to research and learn about! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@robertcalhoun3123]

My oldest stamps all Penny Reds, I bought a group of about 50 years ago. I love topic of revenues, some of the most interesting US stamps are back of the book issues.

[@ExploringStamps]

Absolutely! I find revenues fascinating...and I have barely explored them. Also I must do a video JUST on Penny Reds at some point, I just love them. Thanks for watching Robert 😊

[@UtiliTerran]

ditto

[@isabelleisles7649]

Super interesting 👏. Thanks graham

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching Isabelle.

[@emilyheifner6595]

This video is so informational, so many cool things about this document I could have never guessed! One of the oldest stamps I have in my collection is a green 1c revenue stamp from 1871, from the New York Match company. It has a clipped corner, and I've noticed a lot of these stamps have the same thing. I don't know much about it, though!

[@steveradell859]

well done on an unusual area. I enjoyed getting a couple 1799 US embossed documents, would really like to get a 1765 - very scarce. I like your re-creation, especially the foil element

[@michaelmiller641]

Well, it possesses all the artifacts you've described! I've learnt something there!

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad to hear it! They are such interesting items 😀

[@coinsstampsandcollectibles3552]

Great video, I have an indenture in my collection too dated 1878 - a different stamp to the old blue variety, but still with the foil strip and 3 wax seals. Thanks for the added info Graham.

[@ExploringStamps]

Oh brilliant! Over 100 years later and they still used the foil strip! It just proves that the mechanism worked!! Thanks for sharing 😀

[@timothydoughty8246]

So interesting and educational, Graham. Please keep bringing these to us.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you! Glad you are enjoying them :) More to come.

[@user-es1dz6dk9g]

Thoroughly enjoyed.🙏🙏🙏

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@androliving5671]

What a fantastic document, and a very good history lesson - you are really brilliant of teaching 👌 I got a lot wiser. Regards from Denmark 🇩🇰, Claus

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Claus!! Glad you enjoyed the video 😊

[@patrickferguson5962]

What a great video! My favorite part was when you recreated the process of getting the stamp on there, with your own embosser! I’ll have to go shopping for my own now...anyway, thanks for all the work you put into this, Graham! :)

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Patrick! I actually got the embosser just for this episode... although now I am excited to use it on all sorts of stuff 😅. Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching!

[@IIoveasl10]

Thanks Graham for that show. Incredible.

[@TsukiCondor]

Extremely interesting episode today! The fact it was able to survive in one piece for 250+ years is unreal!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks Tsuki! Thats what fascinates me the most, its really is in stunning condition for such an old document. Thanks for watching 😊

[@TsukiCondor]

*230

[@ThinkSnipser]

Very very cool!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you 😊

[@ehtashamahmad3137]

Beautiful. So entertaining

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you! 😊. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@kennychiu6230]

Learned a lot! Great job, Graham. Keep the education coming.

[@cuongmaiviet5275]

So glad you are alive and well. Old documents like these are the best. The oldest document i have is a letter from 1833, comes with the postmark, and the funny thing is you can see the postman's calculation about how much money to pay back the receiver. Great video as always

[@markominsky1913]

Graham, another well-researched and fascinating presentation! Thank you.

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching, Mark 😊

[@imtiazahamed7959]

Waited long and eagerly for your new video. Thank you very much for making rhe wait worthwhile. Amazing video and great research work you have done there👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Imtiaz 😊.... I hope to make you wait not too long for the next one, this one took a lot of time to make. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!

[@jackmlynek8817]

Thank you so much, Graham. I learned a great deal about a subject I know nothing about. Also, I like your videos because everything is in focus ;-)

[@ExploringStamps]

You are very welcome, Jack. Glad you are enjoying the videos and channel, thanks for watching 😊

[@olivermiller2013]

I have heard about such documents, but never seen . This is astounding and surprising: They also had a lot of security in these documents. I would never cutting out the stamp from such a historical document. The document as a whole make the worth and shows history we do not know much about it. Very nice video.

[@ExploringStamps]

Totally agree, keep the stamp on the document and dont cut it... The history that the document brings is invaluable. Thanks Oliver, glad you enjoyed the video 😊

[@michaellamothe40]

Very nice presentation Graham. Enjoyed the video a great deal and as usual your great production values and camera work.

[@leoipade]

Fascinating! Totally new topic for me, altough not a postage stamp, still very interesting. Great video. Thank you very much.

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching, Leonardo 😊

[@byronsbrain]

This manuscript is stunning, thank you for the informative video, fascinating 🧐

[@ExploringStamps]

It really is! Glad you enjoyed the video Karen, thanks for watching 😊

[@jameskunetka8915]

Fascinating -- and I love how you unravel the history behind the document. Very well done!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you James, it was such a fascinating item to explore, glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@garyholdener2470]

Graham, the story and history you weaved together from your research and examination of this one document and its beautiful stamp is simply superb! I didn't want the story to end. If your day job doesn't work out I think you found your real calling. Btw, my oldest stamp is a 1 cent blue perforate Ben Franklin affixed to a cover hand canceled in Buffalo, NY on September 27, 1859. Thanks once again, for a stellar presentation!

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it Gary 😊. A '57-'61 Ben Franklin on cover is a beautiful item to have, Nice!! Thanks so much for watching.

[@84kostia]

A marvelous and outstanding episode! Thank you very much!

[@JudithBaker-tb6gh]

I have a similar indenture document I picked up for pennies about 40 years ago. So nice to find out more about these fasccinating items. My oldest stamps also. Thank you.

[@ExploringStamps]

Oh awesome, they really are amazing time capsules, from what the contents are about to what its actually written on, I love looking at indentured documents. Thanks so much for watching!

[@WallOBrix]

Awesome!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks! 😊

[@jenwu1]

Insightful piece on this beautiful contract, great video Graham!

[@giordanosereno193]

What a superb video! I enjoyed a lot! Thanks for sharing! I have three bull eyes stamps (first Brazilian stamps). They are in terrible condition. But I love them.

[@jeffreymontgomery4091]

This was such a gr8 video!! You, sir, are the definition of a "scholar and gentlemen"! I have 2 of these indentures. They have the exact same features as this one. Thanks so much for the deep dive into what was once and still is an interesting, but now not an unknown document(s) in my possession. It is so fun learning the back story to the curiosities some of us end up wth.

[@comichound]

Excellent video! I’m going to share this with some colleagues who teach Biblical Studies. In Textual Criticism, we deal with manuscripts that have many of the same conventions as this particular letter, especially erasures.

[@dog-so1vj]

As always, superb...👍

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you 😊

[@sarahgoodman6279]

I don’t collect revenue stamps or embossed stamps specifically but I do collect Queen Victoria stamps and picked up an 1897 Canadian Revenue stamp with Victoria on it. My oldest stamp is either the Canada #24 Queen Victoria from 1868 or the #36 Queen Victoria from 1874 but I can’t quite tell as they are very similar. Thanks again for creating another very interesting video, I loved learning about embossed stamps and about these kinds of contracts!

[@kingdomcome46]

Grateful for you revealing this slice of history. Thanks to the owner (Randy) of the document for sharing trust to pass this on to an interested public. Reminded in philately about the Natal embossed early postage stamps here in South Africa. Thanks for your efforts in bringing history to life here.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you! Randy was very generous for sending such a fascinating item, we were all very lucky 😊. Glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for watching here in South Africa.

[@brett554]

Great video. Very interesting. Thank you.

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for watching 😊

[@lymantria10]

Well done, as usual. Thanks for letting us explore with you.

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for coming along and exploring with me 😊

[@neilpower3714]

simply fantastic

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Neil :)

[@AshAhrens]

Fascinating! Thanks for the research that went into this episode.

[@mpojol]

Replicating the process was amazing hahaha. Very nice, good thing revenue stamps nowadays are affixed just like a regular stamp 😅

[@ExploringStamps]

😅 Glad you enjoyed it Mark. Yes can you imagine the stamps still needed a foil strip, although that would be kinda cool 🤔. Thanks for watching.

[@jamesbullock5732]

Awesome and informative again.

[@conniejohnson9393]

So cool.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Connie :)

[@jimhresco1728]

Great job bringing to life this historic document!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Jim 😊

[@rncine]

This was such an interesting video, thank you for all your research into it. I have been a fun stamp collector since I was 12 and getting back into it. I also read many British history books, one now called, A Royal Experiment, the private life of King George 111, so this video clearly fits in. Randy is so lucky to own this document, so enriched in history, think I will try to find him, I too live in Florida 😂

[@Hans-lv3ow]

Hi Graham. Thanks for sharing this brilliant video. I think you can make any historical artifact come to live with your video's! Thanks again for this awesome educational video!!!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Hans, so glad that you enjoyed the video and the channel. More to come 😊

[@martinsenalan8254]

Thank you for educating me on this revenue stamp. I have a similar stamp on vellum cut out from the document with GR on the back. Now I now it's significance.

[@peterconrad2277]

Always a fan of your videos, well done again on this one!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Pete, appreciate your support and viewership 😊

[@avilacanario]

I enjoy watching your channel. It fun to watch and learn something about stamps.

[@ExploringStamps]

I'm so glad! Thank you so much for watching 😊

[@Captainsmalls1976]

What an amazing vid! I like it..keep on!

[@SergeHoude4U]

Exceptional Presentation, Graham! Enjoyable & Educational. Thank You. (I wanted to include a website showing many more of these Revenue Stamps, but it seems urls can't be included in messages here...)

[@ExploringStamps]

Wow Serge thank you, that really means a lot. Usually KZbin allows links in the comments, if u have the name of the site I can look it up and also add it to the video links.

[@SergeHoude4U]

@@ExploringStamps This is the second time I add the Link and it gets taken off. The web site is Stampboards dot com and the topic is: Newspaper Tax Stamps of Great Britain & Ireland 1712-1855

[@ExploringStamps]

Got it! www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=94697. That is a fascinating thread, wow! I will add it to the video description. Thanks Serge!

[@איציקטמקין]

fascinating!!!

[@adamhuffman3354]

Great video! I’ve always considered philatelist as being archivist. It’s the collectors responsibility to preserve and protect what they are stewards of.

[@christopherbritton293]

Great video - thanks for the explanation of the embossed stamp and the document. I knew a bit about indentures for land sales as I volunteered in a country archives office for a few years and handled quite a lot if these, trying to catalogue them.

[@stormcry265]

@ExploringStamps funnily enough I came across 2 of these Indentures a few weekends ago at a local car boot (UK equivalent to a garage sale), I think the seller was facilitating a house clearance and I managed to purchase both for very little! I have been a viewer for a while now and it is fantastic to find you had a video about these exact documents - just explained to my wife that the document is made from Animal hide and not so sure she was as impressed as I am! Thanks for the content!

[@ExploringStamps]

Oh wow! Its great that you managed to quickly identify what they were and get them for a good price :). My wife is the same with almost everything I show her in stamps.... "Ok cool" ...then walks away unimpressed...LOL

[@stormcry265]

@@ExploringStamps 🤣

[@gorgabd6535]

Amazing document you get 👍👍👍

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you think so! It was awesome to explore, thank you for watching 😊

[@marclacasse1]

Great video Graham

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you 😊

[@oscarvandervliet258]

Loved your story about this document. There is a lot to learn about this type of revenue stamp that go back till 1624. Invented to fund the Dutch war against Spain, starting as a proportional (paper) fee. There are attemps to celebrate 400 years of revenue stamps with a large exhibit showing the first examples till about present day.

[@mustangrebus]

When I lived in Japan, to do some things (like renew your visa, pay for your driver's license) I had to buy a stamp and attach it to the document. I thought that they just didn't want the people who issued the documents to handle the money, but now I think that the government wanted to claim the fees from the Prefectural governments. I might have to do some research. Other topics you could cover 1. Common design types--how they are chosen, which countries participate. I am collecting every stamp from 1970 and there are quite a few common themes to that year (Lenin, Dickens, Year of Education, the Postal Union HQ, ....) and I am curious how they came up with these ideas. 2. Stamps that Scott doesn't list because they contain "no postal value" and how much revenue these generate for a country. 3. Largest to smallest postage stamps--notable examples (and even some in between) 4. Stamp magazines and the history of publishing for the philatelist 5. Stamps with secrets.. (not really sure what that would be, but I expect that there must be some and I would like to know about it. 6. watermarks...or tagging (I don't understand this and I would like to know more about it. 7. Interesting overprints I will stop rambling now.

[@Flipper83]

Learned alot, thanks !

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching :)

[@CaStW]

Interesting and very impormative video.

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching 😊

[@michaelmiller641]

I have an indenture on vellum similar to that of 1876 a 99 year lease

[@DuluthTW]

Wow. I learned a crap ton of history and great info about how documents were made to prevent forgery. I might start incorporating my own embossed stamp on future correspondence. Thanks for sharing!

[@jevgenijskaktins1066]

Marvellous indeed, nothing to do with postal services but mind blowing in issues explored

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you!! It certainly was mind blowing for me while learning about the document.... such an interesting item to explore. Thanks for watching 😊

[@FilipeLemos1964]

Wow! Many thanks oldest stamp I have, a repair black penny

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you! Any kind of penny black is a wonderful item to have, congrats! :)

[@maxiewawa]

Three cheers for Randy

[@markolukic14]

Nice

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks 😊

[@adriano-moraes]

My oldest is a Goat’s foot from Brazil, my home country. It was found on an old collection of a friend’s grand father and exchanged for a modern soccer stamp of his favorite team :)

[@JashneUrdu]

Thanks for the info. Well I would like to know more about Indian postal Stationary. Many Thanks. Love from Dubai.

[@Soundbie]

Hi Exploring Stamps. Love your channel. Question. What is the oldest 1 dollar stamp with two lines in the dollar sign? The red fox stamps are the newest ones I believe. Maybe make a serie about all the 1 dollar stamps. I think the red fox stamps will go up in value.

[@buck8055]

Such a fascinating piece of history and wonderful description of how, when and why it was produced. I only wish you had been able to give us an estimate of the documents value. Thanks again.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. Documents like these are not very valuable, these could range from $40 to $150. I would guess this one would be just under $100 at best.

[@jonfield8243]

Great video, had to check out one that I have, from Lincoln in 1775 - seems to have all the same features but also an additional crown hand stamp with text 'T .20' in an octagon. Any ideas?

[@yanmarin4445]

One word: epic

[@ExploringStamps]

Many Thanks! 😊

[@DavidPhilatelist]

I enjoyed the video! Thank you for making it. I collect stamps for the ability to just use them to send mail to family. I also like the history that is behind postage stamps. Have a great day! =)

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you David! Glad you enjoyed the video 😊

[@briankillen8067]

Love your work. I collect widely from the Apollo "insurance covers" to the GRI overprints when Germany lost their colonies in Africa and the Pacific during WWI. Maybe you could look at these. A good intro on the Samoan GRIs can be found in the RNZPS Volume V, that deals mostly with NZ controlled Pacific island Stamps. The Apollo insurance covers started with Apollo 11. It was an idea that if the Astronauts were to die on their mission, at least the families could sell the signed covers and the money used for the children's education. The Apollo 15 covers is when the S**t hits the fan however. Also there are the "Seiger" signed blocks that cost Astronaut Jack Switerg (Of Apollo 13 fame) his seat on the Apollo-Soyuz flight.

[@ianport2185]

When I started in a plc back in the 80s one of my jobs was to take company documents to the Stamp Office in The Strand. The revenue stamp was embossed directly onto the paper in an orange colour. I hated that job, despite its antiquity.

[@barrydrees3617]

Wonderful video as always Graham. I was curious (and kept waiting for you to explain it, I hope that I didn't miss it), do you know what is the meaning of the number 128 in the upper right corner of the George III Royal Cypher?

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Barry 😊.. There were quite a few details on the cypher and the revenue stamp that I left out (Sooo much to talk about) , I believe the number is referring to the stamp's place on the sheet/plate. Cyphers are apparently very collectable.... since they list the placement on the plate, you can strive to collect a whole plate without difficulty identifying the stamp's location.

[@NisargSutaria]

Awesome :-)

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you 😊

[@duckie_sage2223]

So happy to discover this topic since I have a Will dated 1863. It looks like this document but has a red cloth attached behind stamp and has a royal seal dangling on bottom. I haven’t looked at it for a while so I hope I’m explaining it right. Who should I get in touch with to get more information and does it have any value?

[@topsail2]

Hi everybody....very interesting study.Graham...even if this is really far far from philately...!! But a very interesting way introducing stamps..(even if first postage stamps were made for easying (taxes) exchange in between people)...those first recognitions have to be respected. not in philately but on the idea that somehow created philately... Very very interesting (I liked the english process how it was embossed...my earlyest French 1696 on a pork skin is not that fine..not even comparable in anyways) .. Keep on doing...sea you next..!

[@ExploringStamps]

Absolutely! Thank you Frederic 😀. Wow 1696!? Regardless of condition, that is an incredible item to have, very cool! Thanks for watching!

[@hirschy10]

Very old and looks good does the document has any value 🤔👍

[@ExploringStamps]

The value has quite a large range, from $40 to hundreds of dollars. This one is in great condition but I do not know the estimated value.

[@iainmalcolm9583]

Nothing to do with this video but I just saw on the TV news that the 'British Guiana One-Cent Magenta' is going to be put up for sale. It is now on public view in London, ahead of its auctioning in New York in June. If you are in the area (and have a spare $15M) might be worth going along.

[@ExploringStamps]

😅. I'm going to have to find some spare change, lol.. I'm looking forward to the auction and seeing what it goes for!

[@LawrenceFisher]

I loved it. One of yy oldest item is from the London Dockrwa penny post service

[@ExploringStamps]

That is a pretty old item to have... 17th century, wow! Thanks for sharing Lawrence, glad you enjoyed the video 😊

[@StampswithSara1]

Interesting 🤗

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks Sara 😊

[@iainmalcolm9583]

Really interesting. In the UK, the 'Stamp Duty' is still a thing. A Lot of House sales have stamp duty levied (payed by the buyer). Thanks to COVID19, rates start at £500,000.00 (returning to £125,000.00) and for higher priced properties can be as much as 15%. Note you don't get much of a house for under £125,000.

[@ExploringStamps]

That is really interesting! Thank you Iain

[@iainmalcolm9583]

@@roger0929 True. Point is that in England & N.Ireland it is still called 'Stamp Duty' (actually Stamp Duty Land Tax). Recently Scotland changed it to 'Land and Buildings Transaction Tax' and Wales calls it 'Land Transaction Tax'.

[@nicolayencko]

Magnifico reportaje me canta la historia de las estampillas. 😍 yo tengo algunas en mi coleccion .

[@ExploringStamps]

Gracias, me alegro que hayas disfrutado del video. 😊 Es un hermoso sello para tener en tu colección

[@tghouytdfgyffdd8363]

Wow

[@GULFRAZMAJEEDseye8eyes]

That was a great document to collect and a super duper video exploring the past of registrar's and registries indeed the deeds were sold but unfortunately the person was not told registry was not in his name or her name even passing on fair bit of gold every right of the American natives and Americans Congress to rise up to fight the fraud

[@PHILIPWATSON82]

You'd think if it was older than the penny black then it would be priceless 🤔

[@TonyBraun]

.......OK....OK, I have virtually zero interest in stamps.........but this was fascinating, riveting.

[@ExploringStamps]

😁. Glad you enjoyed it Antonio, thanks for watching.

[@tonessportscards3893]

I am HUGE into sports collecting. Which, I'm sure your familiar has been insane in the past year. I am curious to see if when that market dries up or crashes down again, if alot more people turn to stamp collecting as a hobby/way to make money on. All it takes is the next Gary V to say that and stamps are popular again. What if PSA starts grading stamps stamps? Is PSE/PSA already affiliated? I am new to this hobby and still trying to figure out what I have as I just came into possession of a bunch of stamps from the late 1800s and early 1900s... Is there a way to see scott numbers without buying a book or membership to a website? I don't necessarily need a price guide that will fluctuate anyways, just wanna know what I have. Lol anyways your channel is great, your creative with your presentation of stamps and I appreciate your help.

[@samanthatermizi]

You are the Alton Brown of Philately! 🤩💌

[@ExploringStamps]

That is literally one of my inspirations for the style of my channel.

[@anddreee]

When will you film mail day video??😁

[@ExploringStamps]

Soon! I have a lot of mail to go through 😅