page_title: Revenue stamps of Western Australia
section_title: Revenue
hierarchical_section_title: Revenue stamps of Western Australia / Revenue
caption_attribution_description: English: Western Australia 15 shillings Revenue stamp 1904
context_page_description: The Australian state of Western Australia issued revenue stamps from 1881 to 1973. There were various types for different taxes.
context_section_description: Western Australia's first general duty revenue stamps were postage stamps showing a black swan overprinted I R in 1881. A year later special printings of postage stamps in lilac were similarly overprinted, but this time they were also surcharged with a new value. These were replaced by a new set in a large format inscribed WESTERN AUSTRALIA INTERNAL REVENUE.
  In 1904, the name of the tax was changed from "Internal Revenue" to "Stamp Duty". A new horizontal design again showing the swan was issued. This design remained in use for many years, resulting in many reprints which led to various changes in perforation, watermark, colours and plates.
  In 1941, a new set was issued inscribed REVENUE DUTY W.A. This also showed the swan, but the design was now smaller. Initially five values from 1d to 1/- were issued, but new values continued to be issued, the highest being the £10 in 1951 and in 1963. This set remained in use until the Australian dollar was adopted in 1966. From that year until 1973, a large set of sixteen values from 1c to $50 was issued. Each value had a different wildlife design.
caption: A 1905 Stamp Duty 15s stamp.
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