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1860s CDV 3¢ Green Tax Stamp - Albion, Indiana - Snyder & Moriart Photographer For Sale
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1860s CDV 3¢ Green Tax Stamp - Albion, Indiana - Snyder & Moriart Photographer: $9.60
1860s carte-de-visite by Wm. Snyder & J.N. Moriart Photographers - Albion, Indiana.Backmark has a three cent tax stamp meaning it was made between Aug. 1, 1864 & Aug. 1, 1866 and cost 25-50¢.Known asThe Sun Picture Tax, the government charged a tax on photographs from 1 August 1864 to 1 August 1866. The amount of tax per photograph varied based on cost of the photograph. Tax stamps were most commonly for 1, 2, or 3 cents.Once the customer paid the appropriate tax, the photographer placed a stamp on the photograph, initialed it and dated it. This essentially canceled the stamp and showed the tax paid. Often the photographer simply wrotean “X” to cancel the stamp. 5 cent stamp was red & used on photographs selling for 51 cents to 1 dollar.3 cent stamps were green. Photos requiring this stamp cost 25-50 cents2 cent stamps were either orange or blue. Photos requiring this stamp cost 25 cents or less.1 cent stamps were red and only used from March 1865-1 August 1866. Photos requiring this stamp cost less than 10 cents. I can offer a discount on combined shipping if you buy more than one item from my store at the same time. Ask me about it. I have collected cabinet cards & cdvs for 40+ years, mostly because of the interesting photographer\'s logos & backmarks on the cards. I will be selling off most of my collection on in the coming weeks. If you are a collector of vintage photographs be sure to check back often - follow or bookmark my store and go to the old photos category to see all the other unique and interesting images I currently have for sale. I am also selling more historic photographic images, vintage cameras, photo collectables, historic early photography books & literaturein my store -check it out by clicking on Visit Store. Follow my store as I am always adding more interesting & unique items.
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