Revenue Stamps

 U.S. #623 was based on a photo from Wilson’s wife, likely taken during his second term.
December 28, 1856

Birth of Woodrow Wilson 

America’s 28th President Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born December 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia, the third of four children.

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 British proof of American tax stamp – It includes the phrase, Honi soit qui mal y pense, which is a British motto meaning “May he be shamed who thinks badly of it.”
October 7, 1765

Stamp Act Congress Meets To Protest Unfair Taxation 

In response to Parliament’s Stamp Act of 1765, American colonists assembled in New York City on October 7 to organize a unified protest.

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 British proof of American tax stamp – It includes the phrase, Honi soit qui mal y pense, which is a British motto meaning “May he be shamed who thinks badly of it.”
October 7, 1765

Stamp Act Congress Meets to Protest Unfair Taxation

In response to Parliament’s Stamp Act of 1765, American colonists assembled in New York City on October 7 to organize a unified protest.

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