Linus

16 Jan 2020
05:27:50pm

I found this one in the five-cent bins at my local stamp shop. I thought at first that it was a cut-out from a wrapper, but it appears to have a revenue-style, oval, purple cancel. The black overprint could be Guam. Does anyone know what this could be? It is the size of a small definitive stamp.

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smauggie

16 Jan 2020
06:04:38pm

re: Unknown Five Cent Item

It is a revenue stamp. Given the liberty cap design I suspect this stamp is from Mexico.

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egertoni

16 Jan 2020
10:38:29pm

re: Unknown Five Cent Item

It is a Mexican revenue stamp used to collect a federal tax (Contribucion Federal). Roberts' Mexico's Revenue Stamps lists it as a 1903--04 Cap of Liberty stamps and assigns it #CF152. It is imperforate. Missing the talon (the stub originally attached to most revenue stamps), Roberts gives it a cat value of just $.20. I wonder if the overprint spelled out Guadalajara.

 
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