Argentina Tax Stamps on playing cards 1895-1968
Argentina Tax Stamps on playing cards 1895-1968
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ARGENTINIAN TAX STAMPS |
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"Mercury" style |
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Imported |
Home Produced |
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1895 |
1895 |
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1895-1905. CRIMSON. The background shading is denser, and the lettering is smaller. |
1895-1905. BLACK. The background shading is denser, and the lettering is smaller. |
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1906-21. BROWN. The background shading is denser, and the lettering is smaller. |
1906-21. GREEN. The background shading is denser, and the lettering is smaller. |
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1922-43. BROWN. The background shading lines are further apart and the typeface has changed. 2 inner circles. |
1922-43. GREEN. The background shading lines are further apart and the typeface has changed. 2 inner circles. |
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1944-52. BROWN. The upper lettering is in a different typeface and the circular outlines have changed. There is only one inner circle. No accent on word 'REPUBLICA'. |
1944-52. GREEN. The upper lettering is in a different typeface and the circular outlines have changed. There is only one inner circle. No accent on word 'REPUBLICA'. |
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"Marianne" style |
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Imported |
Home Produced |
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Marianne Tax Stamp 1953-1968. |
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See also: Taxes and Tax Stamps on Playing-cards | |
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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