Thanks Michael and Wendy ... I'd presumed that the fee that looked like it was paid when the stamp was applied was some form of duty payable to transfer the stock to Lillian, to cover the cost of amending the record. But two factors still bother me: That the dates are so close together that there would have been no time to post the document to company A, receive it back and post it to B, and so on ... And that if this is probate and the administration has been concluded, why was this being done *after* completion; if the value of the shares was part of the administration (which I assume it must have been), then why was there a charge made to transfer the shares after everything was paid over. In other words, would not the administration be expected to have covered the costs of transfer? I feel like I'm missing something here. Chris > I have certainly encountered this. At death or marriage' the > certificate in question had to be posted to the Company > Registrar who confirmed that they had seen and amended their > record with the colourful use of a rubber stamp > > Michael Allbrook

I think you will find that you are dealing with those happy days when the post was collected and delivered several times a day and business dealt with mail on the day or the day after it arrived. For probate a shareholding is valued on the day of the death, When probate is granted and not before, an asset may be transferred to the beneficiary, I believe that Stamp Duty is payable when the assets are transferred and it is a government tax so not an admin charge Michael Allbrook -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Chris Howes Sent: 03 December 2011 22:53 To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] Administration Thanks Michael and Wendy ... I'd presumed that the fee that looked like it was paid when the stamp was applied was some form of duty payable to transfer the stock to Lillian, to cover the cost of amending the record. But two factors still bother me: That the dates are so close together that there would have been no time to post the document to company A, receive it back and post it to B, and so on ... And that if this is probate and the administration has been concluded, why was this being done *after* completion; if the value of the shares was part of the administration (which I assume it must have been), then why was there a charge made to transfer the shares after everything was paid over. In other words, would not the administration be expected to have covered the costs of transfer? I feel like I'm missing something here. Chris > I have certainly encountered this. At death or marriage' the > certificate in question had to be posted to the Company Registrar who > confirmed that they had seen and amended their record with the > colourful use of a rubber stamp > > Michael Allbrook ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message