10c Pennsylvania First Federal Issue embossed revenue stamped paper on document
Object Details
- Description
- Before the Revolution, the colonial and British governments used embossed revenue stamped papers to support frontier and local services. After the Revolution, the U.S. government used embossed stamps to pay war debts.
- Credit line
- Bequest of Harriett M. Leach
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- April, 1800
- Object number
- 0.260305.201.32.1
- Type
- Revenue Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (black)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 5 9/16 x 10 1/4 in. (14.1 x 26 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA RM176
- Topic
- American Expansion (1800-1860)
- Record ID
- npm_0.260305.201.32.1
