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Series
Board of Stamps: Letter Books (M series)
Catalogue reference: IR 43
What's it about?
IR 43
This series of entry books contains out letters of the Board of Stamps to: (i) Surveyors and distributors of stamps in England and Wales; (ii) Irish Board of Stamps; (iii) Private individuals and businesses in England, Wales and Scotland; (iv)...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IR 43
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Stamps: Letter Books (M series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1807-1819
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series of entry books contains out letters of the Board of Stamps to: (i) Surveyors and distributors of stamps in England and Wales; (ii) Irish Board of Stamps; (iii) Private individuals and businesses in England, Wales and Scotland; (iv) Other government departments except the Treasury.
From 1819, letters falling within categories (ii) to (iv) above are entered in the series of Miscellaneous Books and therefore this series contains only letters to surveyors and distributors of stamps in England and Wales.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For those to the Treasury see IR 49
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- M file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Board of Stamps, 1694-1834
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Ireland
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9381/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
373,334 records
Within the department: IR
Records of the Boards of Stamps, Taxes, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, and Inland Revenue
You are currently looking at the series: IR 43
Board of Stamps: Letter Books (M series)
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