2c Documentary Internal Revenue revenue stamp single on photograph
National Postal Museum

2c Documentary Internal Revenue revenue stamp single on photograph

George Washington, American, 1732 - 1799 · 1864-1866

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

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

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