Accredited judge and award-winning exhibitor Tim Wait discusses U.S. revenue stamps issued during the Civil War period starting in 1862. He describes the Documentary Stamp Tax, which resulted in 88 stamp issues.
Tim provides details on color changes, perforations, various face values and purposes as well as stamped paper and different tax types. He explains how tax types were supposed to help measure the economy.
Documentary stamps were used for a wide range of purposes in part due to stamp printing shortages. Tim shares items from his exhibit and provides definitions of obligatory matching use, early matching use, nominally illegal use, and postage used as revenue.