[1880nonsports]

the tax act was in place from 1864 to 1866. A 5 cent stamp would mean the item was sold/selling for between .50 and 1.00. I just put the stamp in my photo program and will try and get a large image to see if I can make out a cancellation however I'm sure what I'm seeing in sooo many ways is the rear end of a duck..........

I haven't fooled much with photographs in the past 10-15 years. I just looked at the stamp closely hoping to find a date until I realized a "cancel" in those days on a photograph wouldn't be "date stamp" cancelled like that on a pack of smokes. Somewhat a moot point since 1864-1866 might be a bit early for an item not produced until 1910's. So you have an attributed mounted image containing an 1860's stamp, scalloped edges and gold trim mount produced and used in the late 1880's/early 1890's, and a 1910's photo. Yesh - an hour of my life I'll never get back :-)