Here are two more.
Don, the Scott info you have shown is not in my 2016 Scott Specialized. What is presented is very limited and shorter than yours.
Anyhow, on the other two, what the cancel (and is this a cancel?) supposed to say?
Where can I read more about these stamps? How they were issued, how they were used, where?
Thanks, Virgil
Virgil, these labels were affixed to packs of playing cards. Just like cigarette pack revenue labels.
I am quite sure that one can still buy playing cards, with, of course, revenue labels affixed, which one must tear to open the pack.
Interesting! So, some time ago, to purchase a pack of playing cards, there was a tax applied. Not being a native American this was something new for me. Who collected this tax, Federal or Local states? Thanks.
Hi Virgilp,
I suspect the revenue labels were purchased by the card manufacturer, from the Fed, or whatever licensing goverment agency, who used their sale as a tax on gambling? I never thought about it before, just sliced open the label with my thumb nail, and pulled out the cards.
Again, just like revenue tax labels on cigarette packs.
My 2016 Scott Specialized shows similar info on page 702.
Playing card stamps are listed in the index under Revenue Stamps.
It says U.S. Int. Rev. on the bottom of the stamp.
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re: US play card
The US government needed to raise money for Civil War so in 1862 revenue stamps were issued to pay taxes on documents and proprietary articles including playing cards (per pack). The tax on playing cards was repealed effective June 22, 1965.
Don
Yes, the catalog is Specialized Catalog of US Stamps and Covers.
And I was wrong. The same details are shown as Don presented. Just that probably the his catalog is older. I got confused by the way of printing and fonts. Thanks, everybody.
