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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 680962, member: 6986&quot;]The stamp is a revenue stamp, not a postage stamp.&nbsp; There was a tax levied on many fiscal documents including checks to help pay for the Spanish-American War.&nbsp; The stamp shows the two cent tax was paid.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was also a tax on checks during and after the Civil War and briefly during 1933.&nbsp; The revenue stamps on Civil War era checks and other documents are well collected and there are collecting references on these.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The 1933 tax was usually shown by a rubber stamp on the check.&nbsp; I have an example that I will post.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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