revenue stamp
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of revenue stamp
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Later comes trimming, boxing, and finally sealing with the internal revenue stamp.
From Time Magazine Archive
I should say Nahant,--well, at some watering-place, I really forget precisely where,--we have no taxes, and know not what a revenue stamp is like!
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 17, July 23, 1870 by Various
As it is a penal offence to use a postage stamp a second time, so it is a punishable offence to attempt the use of a cancelled or torn internal revenue stamp.
From Business Hints for Men and Women by Calhoun, Alfred Rochefort
He explained the revenue stamp required upon a bill of exchange was one-eighth of 1 per cent. of the face of the bill, making the tax on my single bill 187 francs, or about $37.
From Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude by Bidwell, Austin
The cellophane came unsealed with surprising ease: so did the revenue stamp.
From The Mercenaries by Piper, H. Beam
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