{"id":2581,"date":"2022-09-28T10:32:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T14:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/?post_type=archive&p=2581"},"modified":"2023-03-28T14:14:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T18:14:25","slug":"internal-revenue-department","status":"publish","type":"archive","link":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/archive\/internal-revenue-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Internal Revenue Department"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Matchbox label as 1cent Internal Revenue Department ‘stamp’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Internal Revenue Department stamps were provided by the Internal Revenue Department and were attached to taxable items to show that the tax had been paid. See the sample below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Internal Revenue Department stamp on timber yard bill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Close-up of stamp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Private companies were allowed to produce their own stamps if they were approved by the Internal Revenue Department. This letter is from a match manufacturer who was referred to Crane by the Internal Revenue Department to find distinctive paper for their ‘stamp’. The letter came with two samples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Letter from Byam Carlton & Co. looking for ‘distinctive’ paper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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‘Stamp’ sample<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2582,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archive\/2581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archive"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/archive"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}