90 gallons Distilled Spirits revenue stamp proof single
National Postal Museum

90 gallons Distilled Spirits revenue stamp proof single

Continental Bank Note Company · 1872

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

This 1872 stamp on distilled spirits features John J. Cisco, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in New York under several Presidents. Although Cisco was a Democrat, Republican President Abraham Lincoln retained him because he held the confidence of New York financiers.

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