April 17, 2024
1864-66 CDV Photo KANSAS CITY MISSOURI Nice Dress PHOTOGRAPHER SIGNED TAX STAMP
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1864-66 CDV Photo KANSAS CITY MISSOURI Nice Dress PHOTOGRAPHER SIGNED TAX STAMP This item is from Bruce Baryla'sCivil War Sun Picture Tax philatelic exhibition collection This collection was built over the course of 25 years and was devoted to exploring all aspects of the use of United States revenue stamps by the federal government to tax photographs sold during the American Civil War era. New items from this great collection will be listed EVERY DAY at 11pm Eastern time The entire collection is displayed on the web -- if you have an interest in a specific piece I will be happy to send you advance notice of when it will be listed on Ebay. Original vintage Civil War era CDV carte de visite photograph of a beautiful woman wearing a gorgeous dress, taken in Kansas City, Missouri -- and featuring a 3c revenue stamp signed by photographer George Wertz. Tax stamps were required on all photographs sold between August 1, 1864 and July 31, 1866 and were a means used by the federal government to raise money for the war against the Confederate States of America. The 1866 Kansas City city directory sheds light on the relative scarcity of taxed photographs -- that year 260,000 letters were sent from its post office, but only 40,000 photographs were sold by its studios. All photographs are of actual item. Full refunds cheerfully given for any
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