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CORINPHILA AUKTIONEN FOR SALE FOUNDED 1921 CORINPHILA AUKTIONEN AG WIESENSTRASSE 8 8034 ZURICH SWITZERLAND PHONE +41 - (0)44 - 3899191 FAX +41 - (0)44 - 3899195 [email protected] www.corinphila.ch CORINPHILA VEILINGEN BV HEEMRAADSCHAPSLAAN 100 1181 VC AMSTELVEEN/AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS PHONE +31-20-6249740 FAX +31-20-6249749 WWW.CORINPHILA.NL BY PRIVATE TREATY FINLAND ROULETTED REVENUE STAMPS THE INTERNATIONAL LARGE GOLD AND CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS COLLECTION OF JUSSI TUORI FINLAND - ROULETTED REVENUE STAMPS | THE INTERNATIONAL LARGE GOLD AND CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS COLLECTION OF JUSSI TUORI Agathon Fabergé I n the middle of the 19th century Revenue Taxes made up as much as one tenth of all Government income in Finland. So the way to collect these taxes was important. Stamped paper had already been used in Finland since 1661. On November 24, 1864, a decree was issued to print adhesive Revenue stamps. The Printing House of the Finnish Literature Society printed the stamps by lithography and the first Revenue adhesives were issued in March 1865. The printed sheets were delivered to the Charta Sigillata Office, where they were rouletted using the same rouletting discs then in use for the postage stamps of the period. The first issue consisted of 24 values from 20 penni to 80 marks. This issue had inscriptions only in Finnish – an early official demonstration of the Finnish language. Even so, the Swedish language was still dominant in those days in Finland. Therefore in April 1865, just one month after the first issue, it was decided that both languages must be used on Revenue stamps. This second issue contained 30 values from 10 penni to 500 marks.The Revenue stamps were valid “for ever” and the latest recorded usages are from August 1895. The Jussi Tuori Collection contains all the values with different roulettes, large strips, colour and printing varieties. The collection also contains unused stamps. Those from the penni values are rare, from the mark values even rarer. All the unused multiples are exceedingly rare. The documents with all the rates explained are an essential part of the collection, containing more than 60% of all known documents of the 1865 issue and a significant percentage of the mark values are included, as well as all existing Proofs of the first issue, many of which are unique. The Jussi Tuori International Large Gold and Championship Class Collection of Rouletted Revenue Stamps of Finland contains a total of at least 117 items from the famous Agathon Fabergé, the most important collector of Russian and Finnish stamps in the early years of the 20th century. The collection was the first collection of ‘Revenue Stamps’ ever published in the EDITION D’OR series of books (Volume XV, 2009). This is a ‘once in a lifetime’ chance to acquire the best collection ever formed of Finland’s Rouletted Revenue Stamps. PRICE ON REQUEST Jussi Tuori FINLAND - ROULETTED REVENUE STAMPS EDITION D´OR | Vol. XV Finland Rouletted Revenue Stamps The Jussi Tuori Collection 144 Pages CHF 69.00 | EUR 69.00 Four different issues on one document The entire collection can be seen on www.corinphila.ch Price on request - for more details please contact our Managing Directors Karl Louis or Antoine Clavel CORINPHILA AUKTIONEN AG WIESENSTR 8 | 8034 ZURICH | SWITZERLAND PHONE +41 - (0)44 - 3899191 | FAX +41 - (0)44 - 3899195 [email protected] | www.corinphila.ch
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