https://spanjersberg.net Spanjersberg.net Sat, 24 Mar 2018 08:57:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spanjersberg.net/2018/03/21/revenue-stamps-of-the-republic-of-uruguay-1915-2005/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=revenue-stamps-of-the-republic-of-uruguay-1915-2005 https://spanjersberg.net/2018/03/21/revenue-stamps-of-the-republic-of-uruguay-1915-2005/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:08:16 +0000 http://www.spanjersberg.net/?p=2457

Two of several catalogues published by Joe Ross are about the revenue stamps of Uruguay. This is the first of these volumes, in this case about the revenue stamps of Uruguay as issued between 1915 and 2005. Published in 2012, the catalogue contains 135 pages of information, lists stamps from 70+ categories of revenue stamps which […]]]> https://spanjersberg.net/2018/03/21/revenue-stamps-of-the-republic-of-uruguay-1915-2005/feed/ 3 https://spanjersberg.net/2018/02/21/one-bayer-aspirin-tablet-how-much-tax/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-bayer-aspirin-tablet-how-much-tax https://spanjersberg.net/2018/02/21/one-bayer-aspirin-tablet-how-much-tax/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:16:47 +0000 http://www.spanjersberg.net/?p=2184

One of those mixed lots of match booklets and one little package labeled “Bayer” Industry of Uruguay, one tablet with aspirin and caffeine.  The package contains one aspirin tablet and is 46 mm square or about 1 ¾” on each side. It also has an insignificant tax stamp on the reverse side. Into the drawer […]]]> https://spanjersberg.net/2018/02/21/one-bayer-aspirin-tablet-how-much-tax/feed/ 1 https://spanjersberg.net/2018/02/13/traccion-a-sangre-or-pulled-by-blood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=traccion-a-sangre-or-pulled-by-blood https://spanjersberg.net/2018/02/13/traccion-a-sangre-or-pulled-by-blood/#respond Tue, 13 Feb 2018 21:14:32 +0000 http://www.spanjersberg.net/?p=2138

What an interesting term, Traccion a Sangre, “pulled by blood.” It evokes the image of tens of thousands of slaves pulling on ropes to raise huge stones for the construction of the pyramids.  “Traccion a Sangre” as used in Uruguay, in the more modern sense, connotes animal power, more specifically animal drawn carts, carriages, or […]]]> https://spanjersberg.net/2018/02/13/traccion-a-sangre-or-pulled-by-blood/feed/ 0