Postal Telegraph Co. And NY Dept Of Labor Revenue Stamps

I like these, they are quite interesting, don't you think?



Bob

I like them! Interesting seal and shield designs.

The first example is a State of New York Bedding Inspection Stamp. Someone with a Springer's catalog will need to help you identify it and its value. (I have several of them myself and I believe the value is minimal.)

The second example is a Scott #15T3 Telegraph Stamp (engraved by the Hamilton Bank Note Co. in 1885 (perf. 14)). Although my catalog is dated to 2002, the value was $2 mint; $5 used and $0.20 remainders. The definition of remainders is as follows:

"Organized in New York in 1881. Reorganized in 1891 as the Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. The Postal Telegraph Co. stamps of 1885 were issued in sheets of 100. SOME YEARS AFTER THE REORGANIZATION A NEW YORK DEALER PURCHASED THE REMAINDERS WHICH WERE CANCELLED WITH A PURPLE STAR."

I suspect your scanned example looks faintly like it has the purple star cancel, in which case it would be considered one of the "remainders" with a minimum $0.20 catalog value.

Still, they are nice pieces to add to one's back of book collection and not often seen.

Wow very nice indeed! I just love that real fine scroll work in the four corner fields on that inspection stamp.

Bob,
Great stamps, the Bedding stamp is a New York State Revenue stamp identified in the SRS catalog as a BD7 per 12.5, valued at $0.50. The year issued is a little vague. It could be anywhere after 1940. The 1937 stamp, valued at $0.50, variety is very similar but has the L & A, (LABOR) joined at the bottom. The latter part of the 1940's the stars as lopsided, thus a BD7, a BD6 would have been valued at $2.50. You won't find these in the Springer catalog. The State Revenue Society (SRS) is the only place where I know of that identifies state revenue stamps.

Art

Art:

If you have SRS catalog numbers for NY Bedding Stamps, can you ID this one for me? (It's been laying around in my stockbook for awhile.) I assume it's an earlier variety of the stamp scanned above:



Thanks.

wt1,

I do have the SRS catalog and it is an earlier stamp. It was issued in 1934 (BD2) or 1936 (BD3), depending on size. Both are per 11 but the 1934 is 19x22 mm ($0.50) and the 1936 is 19x22.5 mm ($1.25).

Art

Thanks for the info. Just measured the image area as 19 x 22 mm, therefore it must be the (BD2) older variety from 1934.

Yes, I can confirm that there is a purple star, dude, you have a sharp eye!, even with the magnifier glass I have to take a good look having the original in front of me to detect it!

wt1,

Man, you've got good eyes! I still can't see it! I just had a cataract removed so I'm blaming it on the new lens...