Medium:

paper; ink (red)

Dimensions:

Height x Width: 1 x 7/8 in. (2.5 x 2.3 cm)

Type:

Revenue Stamps

Place:

United States of America

Date:

1862

Description:

To help finance the Civil War, commodities such as matches, medicines, perfumes, and playing cards were taxed. The tax could be paid with the government's generic proprietary revenue stamps or with stamps designed with manufacturer's logos or iconic imagery, also known as private die proprietary stamps.

Topic:

Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)  Search this

Object number:

1998.2013.3160.3

See more items in:

National Postal Museum Collection

On View:

Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8e8f74060-d24b-4bda-87ee-3785d9f4313e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1998.2013.3160.3