A Quaint Little Revenue-Stamped Baggage Ticket

This is the only revenue stamped baggage ticket I've encountered. Presumably these were pretty ephemeral and not typically saved.

It's a "Freight Receipt and Agreement" from the West Penn Railways Company with a printed faux signature of "Williston Fish" (great name!), vice president of the railway, with a 1-cent documentary revenue stamp, punch cancelled.

No year can be inferred, but presumably somehwere in the 1914-1920s range? Not sure what the begin-end dates were for this specific tax.

Dan,

I agree that these are quite scarce. This documentary tax was in effect from from December 1, 1914 until the end of 1915. So your baggage ticket was from 1915.

Thanks Ron. 13 months is a pretty narrow window of use.