Tag Archives: Revenue

Marihuana Tax Act 1937

Posted on 16 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

MARIHUANA TAX ACT OF 1937 I suppose it is fitting to see if there are any Cannabis bottles after the recent posts on Peachridge Glass on Cocaine, Heroin and Opium. With my United States postage stamp background, it is exciting … Continue reading →

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Log Cabin Series – Drake’s Plantation Bitters

Posted on 28 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

D R A K E ‘ S    P L A N T A T I O N B I T T E R S There is no bitters brand that has been written about, talked about, collected or simply … Continue reading →

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Advertising Notes and Facsimile Currency

Posted on 12 July 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Over the years, since I started collecting bottles, I have picked up some nice examples of facsimile currency and advertising notes relating to the bottles that I collect. As a collector of US Postage and Revenue Stamps, there is a … Continue reading →

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Fighting Skeleton and Beating off Death – Hunt’s Remedy

Posted on 11 June 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

One of the really great advertising graphics that you will find relating to medicines, cures and the bottles that we collect is the Hunt’s Remedy. The symbolic skeleton, scythe, hour glass and patient using a bottle of Hunt’s Remedy to … Continue reading →

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US Private Die Proprietary Revenue Tax Stamps – Munsey Collection

Posted on 15 August 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I note in my FMV biography at the bottom of this page, that I also collect US Postage Stamps. One of my favorite areas is tax and revenue stamps. I thought I would provide Cecil Munsey’s (visit Cecil Munsey.com) latest … Continue reading →

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