Medium:

paper; ink (black)

Dimensions:

Height x Width: 13 3/16 x 16 5/8 in. (33.5 x 42.2 cm) Height x Width (image): 9 3/4 x 15 3/16 in. (24.7 x 38.5 cm)

Type:

Revenue Stamps

Place:

United States of America

Date:

1872

Description:

Rather than tax farmers, the government taxed manufactured tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, snuff, pipe tobacco, and chewing tobacco.

Topic:

Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)  Search this

Object number:

2011.2005.705

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/hm862f1881c-b4e4-464c-9894-3295c3ac1a27

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2011.2005.705