Fun Fact: Automobile Tax Stamps

7/1/2018

United States revenue stamps for the motor vehicle use tax were used from February 1942 through June 1946. During World War II, there were serious wartime shortages, including gasoline. The US government imposed the motor vehicle use tax to encourage people to use public transportation and to help pay for the war efforts. The cost for these stamps were 42 cents per month or $5 per year. These stamps were placed on the inside windshield as evidence of the payment of such tax. These stamps were expensive considering the national minimal wage was 52 cents per hour.

The back of each of the US revenue stamps had spaces for the automobile owner to enter the make, model, engine number, and license plate number of their vehicle.
New, horizontal format, motor vehicle use tax US revenue stamps were produced from July 1945 through June 1946.

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