ISSUE 187 - July 3, 2026 - Stamp News Online Magazine
Yesterday in USSN
111 Years Ago: What Are Match & Medicine Stamps?
by Clarence H. Eagle
They are revenue stamps of the United States, used by its merchants to pay the tax on various articles, which tax was necessary to help pay the expenses of the great Civil War of 1861-65. The stamp tax on some articles continued for many years after peace was declared, in order to reduce the debt gradually, which had been contracted rapidly. A similar tax was imposed during the Spanish-American War of 1898. Peace was declared in the fall of that year, but the stamp tax continued until . . .
Continue reading: What Are Match & Medicine Stamps? [PDF Document]
Also included in this issue:
-Viewing Collections: Viewing Private Die Medicine Stamps by John F. Dunn
-Sloane’s Column: Diamond Match Co.’s Jubilee
-Sloane’s Column: Diamond Match Co.’s Jubilee—Additional Images
-Yesterday in Mekeel’s: Lawrence & Martin’s Engine Picture U.S. Internal Revenue Stamp, 1880
