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Show Stamps Arrive to Be Placed on All Luxury Articles Revenue stamps, to be U6ed by alii stores selling toilet articles. perfum-J ery and other commodities, as a war tax. have been received at the post-office post-office The war tax on such articles went Into effect May 1. Retailers must put these stamps on all of these articles offered for sale i The stamps are red In color and are different from those used after tho j Spanish-American war for a similar purpose. The new stamps necessitate the n1 taching of one-cent to all these articles Vrorth 25 cents This ratio will be observed ob-served for all articles costine more than 25 xents. oo |