This font appears on the back side of certain Mexican revenue stamps from c. 1865. The type could have been made in the US or elsewhere, of course.
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Typophile
19c Mexican 3-D Display font?
Or, like many stamps, the lettering could have been hand-engraved.
For the letters themselves (without the dimensional aspect), you can get very close with Bureau Grotesk:
Certainly possible. I would still like to see if a source for this font could be located.
It is very close to the Bureau Grotesk, Thanks for the lead.
Captured from web.archive.org on 28 Oct 2012. view this capture