1 Dollar 'Commerce' Documentary Revenue Stamp

United States · 1902 · $1

This one dollar documentary revenue stamp depicts 'Commerce' and was issued in 1902. It features an ornamental numeral surcharge and hyphen-hole perforation.

Revenue stamps were first used to fund the American Civil War and later reintroduced in 1898 to help pay for the Spanish-American War, which began after the U.S.S. Maine sank in Cuba.