# RD12 - 1918-22 $1 Stock Transfer Stamp, green, (Bk) vertical overprint, perf 11
Stock Transfer Stamps- Neat Revenue Stamps, Missing from Many Collections!
Issued to facilitate the collection of a tax on all sales or agreements to sell, or memoranda of sales or delivery of, or transfers of legal title to shares or certificates of stock.
Stock Transfer Stamps
As the name suggests, Stock Transfer stamps were used to show that taxes had been paid on the sale or transfer of shares or certificates of stock. A temporary tax has been placed on stock transfers several times since the Civil War. The US placed a .2% tax on the sale or transfer of stocks in the Revenue Act of 1914.
The use of stock transfer stamps was discontinued in 1952. By that time there had been more than 370 stock transfer stamps issued over the course of 34 years.
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Stock Transfer Stamps- Neat Revenue Stamps, Missing from Many Collections!
Issued to facilitate the collection of a tax on all sales or agreements to sell, or memoranda of sales or delivery of, or transfers of legal title to shares or certificates of stock.
Stock Transfer Stamps
As the name suggests, Stock Transfer stamps were used to show that taxes had been paid on the sale or transfer of shares or certificates of stock. A temporary tax has been placed on stock transfers several times since the Civil War. The US placed a .2% tax on the sale or transfer of stocks in the Revenue Act of 1914.
The use of stock transfer stamps was discontinued in 1952. By that time there had been more than 370 stock transfer stamps issued over the course of 34 years.
Click here for more Stock Transfer stamps.