2c Eagle revenue stamped paper bank check
National Postal Museum

2c Eagle revenue stamped paper bank check

May 2, 1870

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

Preprinted revenue stamps on documents meant clerks did not have to add stamps and businesses received discounts for prepayment.

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