Medium:

paper; ink (black)

Dimensions:

Height x Width: 1 x 3 1/16 in. (2.5 x 7.8 cm)

Type:

Revenue Stamps

Place:

United States of America

Date:

1863

Description:

Private die medicine stamps assured the purchaser that the product was genuine. Later the 1906 Pure Food and Drug law required firms to list ingredients and prohibited them from making false claims.

Topic:

Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)  Search this

Object number:

1998.2013.5273.1

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/hm82d3ceed0-0e46-4b99-bab6-8ba3f586a939

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1998.2013.5273.1