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A nice labeled Hindu Tonic Stomach Bitters

Posted on 22 February 2018 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A nice labeled Hindu Tonic Stomach Bitters 22 February 2018 In the current Glass Works Auctions, Auction 119 there is an excellent example of a labeled Hindu Tonic Stomach Bitters prepared by liquor dealers Williams & Newman of Chicago, Illinois. … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Auction News, Bitters, Ephemera, Liquor Merchant, News, Soft Drinks, Tax Stamps, Tonics | Tagged auction, bitters, chicago, Cohasset, dealer, Glass Works, Gus Williams, Hindu, illinois, label, Ladner Bros., Lighthouse, liquor, Massachusett, Minot's, Newman, punch, stamp, Stomach, tax, Tonic, Williams | Leave a comment

Dexter Loveridge’s Wahoo Bitters – The Traveller’s Friend Flask

Posted on 4 February 2016 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dexter Loveridge’s Wahoo Bitters – The Traveller’s Friend Flask 04 February 2016 Just received some great pictures the other day while boarding a flight from Tampa to Houston. Knocked my socks off, I think, as I had boots on. Look … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Flasks, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, News, Tax Stamps | Tagged bitters, Buffalo, cap, Dexter, Flask, Friend, label, Loveridge, N.Y., pewter, stamp, tax, Travellers | 1 Comment

1876 United States Internal Revenue Stamps

Posted on 19 March 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Looking closer at 1876 United States Internal Revenue Special Tax Stamps 19 March 2015 While working on the Dr. James H. McLean & Ferd Meyer, the Tax Agent post, I had the opportunity to look more closely at the 1876 United … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Architecture, Civil War, History, Postage, Tax Stamps | Tagged 1876, certificate, Civil, goods, Internal, liquor, peddler, Revenue, special, stamp, States, tax, tobacco, United, war | Leave a comment

Dr. James H. McLean & Ferd Meyer, the Tax Agent

Posted on 19 March 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. James H. McLean & Ferd Meyer, the Tax Agent 19 March 2015 Tom Phillips sent me a packet of FOHBC convention information and with it was this Commission Bill below for Dr. J. H. McLean’s Family Medicines at 314 Chestnut Street … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Cordial, Ephemera, History, Legal, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tax Stamps, Whiskey | Tagged agent, Bill, bitters, commision, Cordial, family, Ferd, Ferdinand, German, Internal, liquor, mclean, Medicine, Medicines, Meyer, Missouri, Phillips, receipt, Revenue, St. Louis, Stated, supervisor, tax, United | Leave a comment

Bitters Stamped – 1881 Internal Revenue Record and Customs Journal

Posted on 9 October 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Bitters Stamped – 1881 Internal Revenue Record and Customs Journal Published by P.V. Van Wyck & Company, 1881 09 October 2013 (R•042019) Here is an interesting Internal Revenue document dated, April 19, 1881 that shows a list of bitters brands … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Tax Stamps, Tonics | Tagged Angelica, Anti-Malarial, Baer, Betterton, bitters, Bolivian, california, Chamomile, chill, Chill-Chilli, Cocoaine, Cohosh, Creole, D.T. Everts, Dandelion, Dr. H. Baer, Electric, Forest, George H. Fickardt, Halland, Henry Clay, Indian, Internal, IRS, J. A. Mayes, Jepson, Keystone, L. Brewer, Minnesota, O.K., Otto, Peruvian, Plant, Rathburn, Rector, Revenue, Samuel A. Groff, service, Smoke, stamp, Staunton, stone, tax, Valley, Van Wyck, White Ash | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Tax Stamps | Tagged 1937, act, cannabis, Dunglison, hemp, Marihuana, Marijuana, reefer, Revenue, tax | 1 Comment

Patent Medicine Proprietary Revenue Stamps

Posted on 2 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Proprietary Stamps The first revenue stamps in United States were produced to collect taxes on liquor in 18th-century America and were known as Supervisors’ Seals. These revenue stamps were embossed and known as the First Federal Issue. Later, new tax laws were … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Ales & Ciders, Bitters, Civil War, Cordial, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Perfume, Tax Stamps, Tobacco | Tagged B.F.M. Toiuletine, Bennett Pieters & Co, Benton's Pine Tree Tar Troches, Brown's Vegetable Oriental Hair Renewer, cigar, Civil War, Corning & Tappan, Dalley's Galvanic Horse Salve, Dr. Crook's Wine of Tar, Dr. Harter Medicine Company, Dr. M. Lanes Celebrated Liver Pills, Dr. M.L. Byrn's Olio de Flora, Dr. Weaver's Compound Extract of Fireweed, Duponco's Golden Periodical Pills, Edward Wilder Stomach Bitters, Eric Jackson Revenues, Fleming Brothers, Internal Revenue Service, J.C. Ayer & Co., J.W. Campion's Pine Tree Tar Cordial, Jeremiah Curtis & Son Proprietors, L.M. Green, L.Q.C. Wishart, Lactopeptine, Ladd & Coffin, Lundborg's Perfumery, Matches, Medicines, Meyer & Co., Mrs. S.A. Allen's Hair Restorer, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Poland's Magic Powders, Proprietary Stamp, R.V. Pierce, Red Jacket Stomach Bitters, S.D. Howe Proprietor, Schenk's Mandrake Pills, Schenks Pulmonic Syrup, Schenks Seaweed Tonic, Supervisors’ Seals, tax, tobacco, United States, Vogeler, Walker & Taylor, young | Leave a comment

Edward Wilder and his Building Bottles

Posted on 12 February 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Edward Wilder and his Building Bottles 12 February 2012 (R•012614) (R•010919) This weekend I was cataloging a bottle from Edward Wilder, who was a wholesale druggist in Louisville, Kentucky. I purchased the bottle from John Pastor (Antique Bottle & Glass … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, History, Legal, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Sarsaparilla, Tonics | Tagged Antique, Bashford, bitters, Bottle, Bourbon, Brian Shultis, brother, building, Chaptico, chill, clerk, Compound, Druggist & Drugstore, drugs, Edward Wilder, Egerton, Frank Wicker, Graham Wilder, hob-nail, J. Murray Percival, James Bennett Wilder, Joe Gourd, John Bull, Kentucky, legal, Louisville, Main, marble, maryland, Medicine, merchant, Oscar, partnership, pills, potash, proprietary, retail, Robert L. Egerton, Sarsaparilla, Stamps, Stomach, Syrup, tax, Thomas O'Mara, Tonic, wholesale, Wild Cherry, worm | Leave a comment

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 →