Medium:

paper; ink (green)

Dimensions:

Height x Width: 1 1/16 x 7/8 in. (2.7 x 2.2 cm)

Type:

Revenue Stamps

Place:

United States of America

Date:

1881

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:

The Gilded Age (1877-1920)  Search this

Object number:

1998.2013.5317.1

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/hm8b786b95b-a8c9-4bbd-a613-2348c14c8e1f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1998.2013.5317.1