timbre fiscal

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fiscal stamps

Explanation:
those requesting the certificate need to pay stamp duty before the document is officially valid.

Perereinger (X)
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tax stamp

Explanation:
beg to differ, but these are called tax stamps! see links

Reference: http://www.ink.org/public/kdor/abc/drug.html
Reference: http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/atstamp.htm

Marcus Malabad
Canada
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official seal

Explanation:
"void without official seal" o "stamp"

Exp. personal

Camara
United States
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happy I generated some debate.

here is my official seal of approval: 4 points

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[COMMENT]

Explanation:
Marriage was always "taxing" to me!

My fate was "sealed"

Can you appreciate the "timbre" of that connubial music"

a sense of humor on this good morning..and some unhappy "recollections"!

DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X)
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revenue stamp

Explanation:
Here's from EuroDicAutom, and Collins gives the same translation:

Spanish Term timbre fiscal
Definition destinado a ser colocado en documentos muy diversos:documentos oficiales y legales,documentos y contratos comerciales,facturas,permiso de circulación de vehículos,etc.,e incluso,a veces,en mercancías,en concepto de justificantes de pago de derechos o impuestos fiscales,cuyo importe está indicado por el valor representativo de los timbres
Reference Arancel Aduanero NOTEX CCD 49.07
English Term revenue stamp
Definition used for affixing to documents of various kinds,legal,commercial,etc.,and sometimes to goods as evidence of payment of government taxes or duties to the amount indicated by the va lue of the stamps

The "timbres" I have seen in Spain are really stamps, like postage stamps, not a seal. A marriage certificate would likely qualify under the "legal documents" section.

Hope it helps.

Reference: http://eurodic.ip.lu:8086//cgi-bin/edicbin/expert.pl#1

tazdog (X)
Spain
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[OFF THE CUFF]

Explanation:
But then, I would, suggest, what does Marcus know about marriage? ;>)

He was taxed to find the answer, but could not afford the carriage...for this let us not him disparage!

whimsicality

DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X)
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1 hr

timbre fiscal

Explanation:
the stamps referred to are indeed like postage stamps - the system applies in both spain and portugal and in many of their former colonies - and all formal documents need to carry such stamps usually acquired from a revenue office, before they will be recongised by a notary, marriage officer, land registry etc,. It is a stamp duty and usually varies according to the value of the transaction noted in the document, so rising when for instance companies increase capital and have to register this change with the local equivalent of companies house.

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timbre fiscal

Explanation:
the stamps referred to are indeed like postage stamps - the system applies in both spain and portugal and in many of their former colonies - and all formal documents need to carry such stamps usually acquired from a revenue office, before they will be recongised by a notary, marriage officer, land registry etc,. It is a stamp duty and usually varies according to the value of the transaction noted in the document, so rising when for instance companies increase capital and have to register this change with the local equivalent of companies house.

Perereinger (X)
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1 hr

timbre fiscal

Explanation:
the stamps referred to are indeed like postage stamps - the system applies in both spain and portugal and in many of their former colonies - and all formal documents need to carry such stamps usually acquired from a revenue office, before they will be recongised by a notary, marriage officer, land registry etc,. It is a stamp duty and usually varies according to the value of the transaction noted in the document, so rising when for instance companies increase capital and have to register this change with the local equivalent of companies house.

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1 hr

[A WORD IN PARTING}

Explanation:
I think I will "divorce" myself from this issue now that Ken insists on the repetitive "revenu's"..come again?

taxed beyond belief

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timbre fiscal

Explanation:
sorry i only hit the send button once, some server gremlin at work?

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comment

Explanation:
Just to add to the discussion:
In Argentina, these "timbres fiscales" used to be real stamps, and they still are in few cases. But today, there are "máquinas timbradoras" that stamp a seal showing the amount you are required to pay. This is indeed a tax.
We have also an "impuesto de sellos" or "sellado" for contracts and some other documents, without which the document is not valid.
A marriage certificate surely has one or more official seals, but you still need to pay the "timbre fiscal". That's way it is not valid without it. By the way, after you are issued the certificate, you go to the Bank and have it stamped. (Sounds "tax" enough?)

Regards,

Patricia

Patricia Lutteral
Argentina
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revenue stamp

Explanation:
Certified Public Translator Spanish-English-Spanish. Timbre fiscal or estampilla are terms we use in Venezuela.

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English translation: official seal

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