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1 Cent South Dakota; Cigarette Tax

Issuer State of South Dakota
Year 1933
Type Vouchers
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Obverse lettering STATE
OF
SOUTH DAKOTA

CIGARETTE
TAX
Reverse description Plain unprinted reverse on cream-toned paper with serrated edges on all sides, uniform in texture with no overprint or markings.
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South Dakota's 1933 cigarette tax stamps occupy an odd corner of notaphily — technically fiscal instruments, but collected alongside Depression-era scrip and emergency issues because they circulated as proof of prepaid state revenue at a moment when every cent of tax collection mattered. The state legislature had imposed its cigarette tax just as the tobacco industry was navigating federal New Deal pressures, making state-level enforcement stamps a serious administrative priority rather than a formality.

At 23 x 19 mm, these are among the smallest collectible paper items in any American fiscal collection. Separation and soaking damage are the dominant condition problems with survivors.

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