{"id":205,"date":"2016-01-23T20:28:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T01:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:28:43","slug":"definition-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/exhibit\/definition\/definition-1\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Revenue and Special Tax Stamps (1862\u20131967)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Special Tax Stamp, Dealer in Manufactured Tobacco<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U.S. Department of Internal Revenue, 1877<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Marihuana Tax Act stamp with receipt tab<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U.S. Department of Internal Revenue, 1937<\/span><br \/>\n<b>$200 Wine Tax Stamp<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U.S. Department of Internal Revenue, 1941<\/span><br \/>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">George S. <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Champlin<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Memorial Stamp Collection<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The U.S. Department of Internal Revenue issued these <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Revenue_stamps_of_the_United_States\">\u201cpropriety\u201d stamps<\/a> to indicate payment of taxes on goods like alcohol and tobacco. Users of these goods were required to show proof of payment, or face time in prison and a fine for tax evasion. Revenue stamps were used between 1862 and 1967.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx008md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-513 \" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx008md.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx008md\" width=\"566\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx008md.jpg 789w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx008md-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx008md-768x691.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx008md-100x90.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx008md-150x135.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx008md-200x180.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx008md-450x405.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx008md-600x540.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx007md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-512 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx007md.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx007md\" width=\"523\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx007md.jpg 625w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx007md-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx007md-100x29.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx007md-150x43.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx007md-200x58.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx007md-450x130.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx007md-600x174.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx006md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-511 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx006md.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx006md\" width=\"294\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx006md.jpg 343w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx006md-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx006md-100x115.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx006md-150x172.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx006md-200x229.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx006md-300x344.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Tax Stamp, Dealer in Manufactured Tobacco U.S. Department of Internal Revenue, 1877 Marihuana Tax Act stamp with receipt tab U.S. Department of Internal Revenue, 1937 $200 Wine Tax Stamp U.S. Department of Internal Revenue, 1941 George S. Champlin Memorial Stamp Collection The U.S. Department of Internal Revenue issued these \u201cpropriety\u201d stamps to indicate payment <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/exhibit\/definition\/definition-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  U.S. Revenue and Special Tax Stamps (1862\u20131967)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":48,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-205","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1209,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205\/revisions\/1209"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}