1865 CDV 3¢ Green Tax Stamp Seated Lady for Sale

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1865 CDV 3¢ Green Tax Stamp Seated Lady For Sale

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1865 CDV 3¢ Green Tax Stamp Seated Lady:
$10.00

1865 carte-de-visite with an green three cent tax stamp meaning it was made between Aug 1, 1864 & Aug. 1, 1866 and cost 25¢ - 50¢. Photographer is unknown. Seated portrait of lady with stamp dated 1865 and canceled with photographers initials.
Known asThe Sun Picture Tax, the government charged a tax on photographs from1 August 1864to 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.
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