== History == In the Ottoman empire, Damga resmi was already in use by the sixteenth century. Records of tax revenue from stamps for silk provide evidence of changes in silk production over time. The use of revenue stamps goes back further than that of postage stamps (first used in 1840); the stamps of the Stamp Acts of the 18th century were reven...
[n] - a stamp that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid
noun a stamp that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid