This receipt for a suit with an extra pair of trousers from a Wellington tailor totalled £7 13s in 1907 (around $1,100 in 2008) and attracted a 1d stamp duty (about 59c). Stamp duties were applied to many different formal documents and gathered small amounts of revenue on a great many transactions.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Swan Family Records (MS-Group-0005)
Reference:
MS-Papers-3928-02-01
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