3c Documentary Proprietary revenue stamp single on photograph
National Postal Museum

3c Documentary Proprietary revenue stamp single on photograph

c. 1865

paper; ink (green)
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

As a new commodity, photographs were taxed according their retail value. The revenue stamp was placed on the reverse.

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