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1/3 barrel Beer revenue stamp essay single
Smithsonian National Postal Museum — Revenue Stamps · US · English · 1866
Catalog record
| Line | US |
|---|---|
| Set / series | Smithsonian National Postal Museum — Revenue Stamps |
| Language | English |
| Year | 1866 |
| Date | 1866 |
| Kind | stamp |
| Place | United States of America |
| Medium | paper; ink (purple) / engraved |
| Region | us |
| Npm record | npm_1999.2018.580 |
| Description | California brewers requested the addition of the third-barrel size to the tax law. Two third-barrels of beer were the maximum mules could carry to lumbermen in the high Sierras. |
| Oracle ID | 36597072 |
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Source credit: Smithsonian National Postal Museum