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
Collection
Citation
Printed by Reserve Litho Cleveland, “Ohio Sales Tax Stamps - Ohio Consumer Receipts,” Local History Digital Collection, accessed October 7, 2024, https://www.yourppl.org/history/items/show/31059.