OHIO PREPAID SALES TAX STAMP, 3RD HIGHEST DENOM, SUPERB CONDITION! BOGO FREE!

Description: OHIO PREPAID SALES TAX STAMP, 3RD-HIGHEST DENOMINATION, SUPERB CONDITION! BOGO FREE! PLEASE NOTE: We have a number of listings for these vintage Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Stamps. If these aren't the particular tax stamps you're looking for, please click here. QUANTITY꞉ ONE highly-collectible, hard to locate, third-highest denomination Ohio Pre-Paid Sales Tax Stamp. In addition, we will include ONE FREE, highly-collectible, hard to locate, third-lowest denomination Ohio Pre-Paid Sales Tax Stamp (BOGO FREE). Circa 1962 or earlier. DENOMINATION꞉ Ohio's third highest denomination sales tax stamp at $1.50. You will also receive a harder to locate pink and gray on light-blue 3¢ Ohio sales tax stamp for FREE (our way of saying “Thank you for shopping with us!”). SPECIAL FEATURES꞉ Both halves of each tax stamp are included: The vendor's half of the stamp and the consumer's half! This means, these stamps were purchased by a merchant; however, never issued (making them even rarer!). STAMP DENOMINATION꞉ $1.50 SERIAL NUMBERED꞉ Yes. $1.50 STAMP SERIES꞉ "K." $1.50 STAMP COLOR꞉ Green & violet inks on light-green safety paper. $1.50 STAMP PRINTED BY꞉ Reserve Litho, Cleveland, Ohio. STAMP DENOMINATION꞉ 3¢ SERIAL NUMBERED꞉ Yes. 3¢ STAMP SERIES꞉ N/A. 3¢ STAMP COLOR꞉ Gray & pink inks on light-blue watermarked safety paper. 3¢ STAMP PRINTED BY꞉ Columbian Bank Note Company, Chicago, Illinois. MEASUREMENTS꞉ Each stamp pair measures approximately 1.37" tall by 3.01" wide. PERFORATIONS꞉ Yes. One set of perforations on each stamp pair (pair = vendor's stub and consumer's stub), running from top to bottom (acting as a "tear-line" allowing for easy separation / detachment). NUMBER OF YEARS OLD꞉ At least 60-years old. Ohio terminated this form of sales tax collection in 1962. EMBOSSING꞉ None. TYPE OF ADHESIVE꞉ Ohio's Prepaid Sales Tax stamps are non-adhesive. TYPE OF STAMPS꞉ Revenue / sales tax. FOLDS꞉ None. Purchased by a merchant but never used / circulated. CORNERS꞉ Excellent condition. CONDITION꞉ The TWO stamps you receive will be selected at random from various lots of tax stamps (they will be of the exact same types in the listing's photographs but will not be the same serial numbers). Your stamps will be in very-good to extremely-good condition. Over the years, Ohio would “bind” their prepaid sales tax stamps into bundles of 100 stamps with either a rubber band or a steel staple. Inasmuch, the FREE 3¢ stamp you receive will have a set of staple holes in the merchant's side of the stamp (from the original binding / stapling process). The lithographic printing companies used plain, uncoated steel staples, (not galvanized or electroplated). Inasmuch, your 3¢ stamp may display trace amounts of rust from the staple. ADDITIONAL NOTES꞉ This listing is for ONE third-highest denomination stamp ($1.50) and ONE FREE third-lowest denomination stamp (3¢) (i.e. Buy-one, get-one free). ABOUT OHIO'S PREPAID SALES TAX STAMPS꞉ Although referred to as sales tax "stamps," these stamps had/have no adhesive on the back. Ohio issued their prepaid sales tax stamps in various colors based on the denomination, printer and period they were printed. Ohio issued their stamps in 12 denominations: 1¢, 2¢,3¢, 6¢, 9¢, 12¢, 15¢, 30¢, 60¢, $1.50, $3, and $15. Ohio enacted its first sales tax in 1935. The rate was 3%. Two-thirds of the tax was to go to schools. Initially, Ohioans resisted this new tax. Merchants were reluctant to charge it and customers were reluctant to pay it. There was the possibility that a merchant would do his customer a favor by letting him make his purchase tax-free. If the merchant never reported the sale to the state, the state would never know that it should have gotten its 3%. To enforce compliance, the State of Ohio introduced these stamps. Merchants were required to buy them (in various denominations) from the State of Ohio and required to issue them with each purchase. By purchasing the stamps from the state prior to any sales being made, the state would get the sales tax in advance -and- the merchant would receive the "Prepaid Sales Tax" stamps to issue upon completing each sale. Example: A customer purchased a $10.00 item. The tax would be 3%, or 30¢, (sales tax charts were posted near every cash register). The customer would pay $10.30 and receive a 30¢ prepaid sales tax receipt from the merchant. The state depended upon the customer to demand their half of the stamp. The customer's half of the tax stamp was marked "Consumer's Receipt." But why should the customer care whether or not the merchant was buying and distributing stamps? To handle that problem, the state encouraged consumers to collect the stamps and give them to schools or charities. These organizations could then have their volunteers sort the stamps, count them, bundle them up, turn them in to the state. The state would pay the organization three-percent of the stamps' face value. This added a little to the expense of collecting the tax, but it was worth it. Shoppers having been conditioned to pay sales tax for twenty-seven years, Ohio discontinued the stamp program in 1962. In 1967, Ohio's sales tax increased to 4%. SHIPPING COST꞉ For buyers residing in the United States or its territories, your shipping cost is a flat 85¢ regardless of how many of these stamps you purchase. For Buyers residing outside of the United States or its territories, your shipping cost is based on DIM (parcel size, weight and destination). This item ships by United States First Class Mail or United States First Class International Mail. Orders typically ship within one business day of your payment being received.

Price: 2.83 USD

Location: Dayton, Ohio

End Time: 2025-01-20T20:46:15.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0.85 USD