Civil War Era Tintype Portrait Man w/ 2¢ Revenue Tax Stamp 1864-66

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Condition: Used

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View Civil War Era Tintype Portrait Man w/ 2¢ Revenue Tax Stamp 1864-66 with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Type: Tintype. Civil War era small portrait photograph mounted on decorative embossed card. The sitter is a young man with moustache and pointed goatee wearing period waistcoat and tie. The mount shows album removal residue on the reverse, typical of Victorian family album photographs. Civil War Era Tintype Portrait Man w/ 2¢ Revenue Tax Stamp 1864-66 Civil War era small portrait photograph mounted on decorative embossed card. Reverse bears a 2-cent U.S. Internal Revenue tax stamp, used during the federal photograph tax period from 1864 to 1866. The sitter is a young man with moustache and pointed goatee wearing period waistcoat and tie. The mount shows album removal residue on the reverse, typical of Victorian family album photographs. Type: Tintype Mount: Decorative embossed card mount Date: 1864–1866 The 2¢ U.S. Internal Revenue stamp confirms it was sold during the Civil War photograph tax period. The Revenue Stamp Even though the photo itself is metal, the mount was taxed as a photograph product, so the photographer had to apply a stamp. Your stamp: 2¢ U.S. Internal Revenue Proprietary Used for photographs costing 25 cents or less. Tax required: Aug 1, 1864 – Aug 1, 1866 His appearance fits the Civil War period perfectly. Details: moustache with pointed goatee center-part hair waistcoat and tie This style appears frequently 1863–1867. He may have been: a young civilian possibly a soldier photographed out of uniform Condition: Used. Category: Collectibles › Photographic Images › Photographs.