09-02-2008, 04:38 PM
Ah.. you have a "Documentary" stamp...
Those were stamps for paying a "document tax" to the IRS.
There's a whole class of stamp collecting for different tax-stamps.
I have quite a few from a collection bought at a garage sale for $5 (and eventually turned around and sold 3/4 of the collection on eBay, netting about $1500 total...).
MOST Documentary stamps are not very valuable by themselves... but I gathered that there are a few that have some interest.. like firearms tax stamps (still used today, in a different form...).
Those were stamps for paying a "document tax" to the IRS.
There's a whole class of stamp collecting for different tax-stamps.
I have quite a few from a collection bought at a garage sale for $5 (and eventually turned around and sold 3/4 of the collection on eBay, netting about $1500 total...).
MOST Documentary stamps are not very valuable by themselves... but I gathered that there are a few that have some interest.. like firearms tax stamps (still used today, in a different form...).