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Half of the pair (so to speak) would stay on the object being cleared, while the other half was removed (rather like a receipt, to show how much cash should have been collected).
They shared a serial number so that a spot-checking auditor could match that day's receipts to the goods.
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Right -- that was my guess. So why isn't this used "pair" divided?
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I am not at all sure that they are used; after all, there is no inspector's signature, or date ... and neither half is stuck to a product/shipment.
Perhaps that obliterative (how can that word not be in the SOR spell-checker ?!?) marking was intended to render them unusable because they were discontinued?
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This article from the American Revenue Association should help.
Those are actually baggage stamps.
https://www.revenuer.org/pdf/US%20Customs%20Baggage%20Stamps.pdf
I have a few of these....
...and yes, I am a member of the A.R.A. 
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Sometimes the entire stamp was affixed, other times it was applied in halves,
depending on the situation.
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GregAlex, I'm curious as to what your avatar is? I have never seen it before and it is quite lovely. My best quess is that it is an essay from the 1930's.
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Good eyes, Antonius! I wondered if anyone would ask.
It's an unissued U.S. design intended to honor the Treaty of Ghent. It appears on a souvenir card from 1991:
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Musicman that's a great article -- thank you!
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I'm not very familiar with customs stamps and this one made me curious. It has two serial numbers and seems to be vertically rouletted so the two halves can be separated. I would have guessed one half would go with the object passing through customs and the other half retained. But it has been cancelled and is still intact. What was the purpose in having dual serial numbers?
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Half of the pair (so to speak) would stay on the object being cleared, while the other half was removed (rather like a receipt, to show how much cash should have been collected).
They shared a serial number so that a spot-checking auditor could match that day's receipts to the goods.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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re: How did this customs stamp function?
Right -- that was my guess. So why isn't this used "pair" divided?
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re: How did this customs stamp function?
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I am not at all sure that they are used; after all, there is no inspector's signature, or date ... and neither half is stuck to a product/shipment.
Perhaps that obliterative (how can that word not be in the SOR spell-checker ?!?) marking was intended to render them unusable because they were discontinued?
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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re: How did this customs stamp function?
This article from the American Revenue Association should help.
Those are actually baggage stamps.
https://www.revenuer.org/pdf/US%20Customs%20Baggage%20Stamps.pdf
I have a few of these....
...and yes, I am a member of the A.R.A.
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re: How did this customs stamp function?
Sometimes the entire stamp was affixed, other times it was applied in halves,
depending on the situation.
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re: How did this customs stamp function?
GregAlex, I'm curious as to what your avatar is? I have never seen it before and it is quite lovely. My best quess is that it is an essay from the 1930's.
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re: How did this customs stamp function?
Good eyes, Antonius! I wondered if anyone would ask.
It's an unissued U.S. design intended to honor the Treaty of Ghent. It appears on a souvenir card from 1991:
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re: How did this customs stamp function?
Musicman that's a great article -- thank you!
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