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Original tax stamp printed on yellow paper. Printed mostly in black ink with some portions printed in green. This stamp is a perfin with six wedge-shaped holes showing it has been used. Circa 1882-1883. 14 3/4" x 7." One leaf printed on front only. Certificate is very clean and intact except for three small punctures limited to left margin on front, six small wedge-shaped holes (cancellation marks) at center, slight darkening, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. Original tax stamp for the "Business of Dealer in Manufactured Tobacco" by the United States Internal Revenue (IRS). Has a unique printed tax stamp number. The stamp has fill-in sections (but are unused and have no handwritten portions). Only evidence of use are the cancellation marks (holes) at center. Printed in green ink is the year "1882" (but "1883" also appears several times) and the seal of the U.S. Internal Revenue. Small illustration at top shows a woman seated next to an eagle and taxed items such as a barrel of alcohol and a box of cigars. Printed text on the right includes the following: "Stamp for Special Tax; United States Internal Revenue; Received from _ the sum of _ /100 Dollars, for Special Tax on the Business of Dealer in Manufactured Tobacco to be carried on at _ State of _ for the period represented by the Coupon or Coupons hereto attached." Printed text on the coupons to the left of the preceding text: "Coupon for Dealer's in Manufactured Tobacco Special Tax for [month, year; this copy includes the months of May 1882-April 1883]." Printed text on the left reads, in part, "5 Dollars Per Year; Stub for Special Tax Stamp No. [printed number]; Issued by _ Collector, To _, Dealer in Manufactured Tobacco." There is a notice of penalties being imposed for not displaying this stamp in the applicable place of business. Tax, or revenue, stamps are special stamps that confirm a tax has been paid on certain items such as alcohol and tobacco. Punched holes prevented stamps from being used more than once. Tax stamps in the U.S. date back to the Stamp Act and were in use until 1967.. Ephemera. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: No Binding Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of United States Internal Revenue : Original Tax Stamp - "Business of Dealer in Manufactured Tobacco". Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, fine bindings, first editions, libri rari and out of print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |