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Glad to see some updates, and revenuermd's explanation! I think now I need to go scan my stamp...
I love the mixing fork, by the way! |
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All this time, I thought I had an Oleo stamp!! That means I have been passing up copies all these years!  I DO, though, have an Iowa state Oleo stamp:  |
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This is the first federal oleomargarine tax stamp, the series of 1886. Jim  |
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Greg Alex - your second example is stamped 36 pounds. Unfortunately someone cut off the 6 one pound coupons on the left, which would make it even more interesting. |
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Would that be true for Jim's 10-lb. stamp, too? |
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| Edited by GregAlex - 12/30/2017 10:49 pm |
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Greg Alex - Jim's stamp is handstamped 10 pounds, so at the time that the stamp was affixed to the package or firkin, the pound coupons were properly cut off. Only when the package contained an amount that was not exactly divisible by ten would some of the coupons be left attached to the stamp. I will try later today to scan an example with additional coupons still attached. |
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| Edited by revenuermd - 12/31/2017 06:20 am |
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The large numbers do denote the number of pounds in the container. |
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Just ran across this 1943 oleo ad:  Older folks may know this, but it appears oleomargarine wasn't rationed the same was as real butter during WWII, hence was rather popular! One magazine I found stated that "... butter is a luxury and margarine, the universal substitute, is non-existent". Note in the British 1943 ad below for Stork Margarine the fact that their product isn't available!  |
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Very interesting read. Thanks for the good bit of history. Never knew of the Butter-Margarine Tax Wars. |
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