Papier timbré

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An example of papier timbré from 1677

In Ancien régime France, papier timbré (French pronunciation: [papje tɛ̃bʁe]; 'stamped paper') was paper with a special revenue stamp that was compulsory for all authentic acts (i.e., documents used in law, such as wills, sale contracts and vital records).[1] The tax on it, known as the timbre fiscal fixe or entier fiscal (sometimes also known as the "papier timbré tax" as a metonym), was one of the two forms of the timbre fiscal (the other was the timbre fiscal mobile).

The Revolt of the papier timbré in 17th-century Brittany arose from resistance to the papier timbré tax.

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References

  1. ^ Devaux, Alexandre (1911). Papiers et parchemins timbrés de France.