In Ancien régime France, (; '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). The tax on it, known as the or (sometimes also known as the " tax" as a metonym), was one of the two forms of the (the other was the ).
The Revolt of the papier timbré in 17th-century Brittany arose from resistance to the tax.
See also Stamp duty in the United Kingdom
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