Ohio Sales Tax Stamps - Ohio Consumer Receipts

Title

Ohio Sales Tax Stamps - Ohio Consumer Receipts

Description

Green red or green/brown paper stamps required by merchants to buy from the state and provide to customers when they were charged state tax. Consumers were encouraged to collect them and give them to the schools or charity. Then organizations would cash them into the state for 3% face value.

Creator

Printed by Reserve Litho Cleveland

Date

1935-1955

Contributor

Donated by Marcia Murray Holstrom in memory of Pierce, Morris, and Murray

Format

4 x 3.5 cm paper stamp

Coverage

Ohio

Rights

Scioto County Public Library