US 2-cent Proprietary Revenue Stamp on Leland Stanford Check

United States · 1887 · 2¢

A 2-cent U.S. Internal Revenue proprietary stamp featuring a portrait of George Washington, affixed to a check signed by Leland Stanford.

Issued in the late 19th century, this revenue stamp was used to tax commercial transactions and is notable for being on a check from Leland Stanford, a significant American industrialist and founder of Stanford University.