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I hadn't either! In fact, most of my search results deal with the issue of taxes, effect on the dairy industry, purity, morality (of passing it off as real butter), etc... quite a big deal back in the day! |
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Never realized this. Again thanks for the history lesson keep it going. I knew there were odd taxes back in the day for that mater there still is. That's one reason I love the playing card stamps. |
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There were even odder stamp taxes back then, such as Filled Cheese, Mixed Flour, Process Butter, and of course both Imported and Domestic opium. |
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I knew there was a wide assortment but not that far. Off subject kinda.. We drove for hours to go to a stamp club show last month and met a nice gentleman that was a revenue collector that was trying to get all of the cancels one from each day on each of revenue stamps. That is dedication. That's when I know we were swimming in the deep end without a floaty. |
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Collecting first issue calendars is an old activity. I have seen some fairly complete examples. There are some VERY tough dates to get; people worked Christmas Day for example, and there were a couple of leap years. There are some others. |
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There are some VERY tough dates to get I am getting my posterior kicked by the following battleship dates: 24 Nov 1898 4 Jul 1899 22 Feb, 30 May, 29 Nov 1900 I have been chasing those since 1996 or so... I am still looking for scads of the first issue dates (1862 - 1874 or so...). |
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Outside of July 4, the others are just ordinary days (all seem to be Thursdays), so it is a bit odd that you have not come across them. |
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I'm pretty familiar with most of the special tax revenues, but can someone explain "mixed flour"? |
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Outside of July 4, the others are just ordinary days (all seem to be Thursdays), so it is a bit odd that you have not come across them. They're all holidays. 24 Nov 1898 and 29 Nov 1900 were Thanksgiving Day. 22 Feb 1900 was Washington's Birthday. 30 May 1900 was Decoration Day / Memorial Day. |
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I don't know whether people worked or not on those days at the time. |
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| Edited by revcollector - 09/10/2022 3:21 pm |
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Posted 09/04/2022 7:34 pm
