Turner Essays?

I have been looking at some Turner Essays lately but I don't know too much about them? Can anyone point me to a resource to learn about them or even better, can anyone shed any light on them? I'll post an image (not mine) of exactly what I'm referring too.

I did not realize how many revenue stamps Turner had done!
A quick Google search revealed some of his talents...I'm dumbfounded actually!



I really want to learn about him and see some of his work by someone who knows their stuff!

There is all these beauties..
http://stampauctionnetwork.com/f/f7449.cfm

And then his Match & Medicine stuff here is a rather interesting example (to me):
(It's also for sale on ebay right now for a mere $1250.00 if your so inclined to buy one!)

Fantastic item ILS

One of the main reasons I like revenue stamps so much is because of the engraved items showing a variety of 'engine turnings'.

Chimo

Bujutsu

They aren't mine but I would certainly welcome them! Aren't they well done I can't believe they was rejected!

All the revenue essays are listed in Essays and Proofs of United States Revenue Stamps compiled by George Turner. It's a great book from 1974, but should still be available from some revenue dealers. The images and information is very good, but ignore the prices, they were useless even in 1974. Turner is the compiler of the book, not the creator of the essays.

These three and the listings in that Spink sale are only the tip of the tip of the iceberg, there are many hundreds of essays and proofs in the revenue field.

I see that! I did not know that George Turner was a book compiler/author but thought he was the creator. I suppose that would be an easy mistake to make by a novice to the field (me) I know a little about a lot of the regular postage issues and the companies (I am just now getting interested in the Philadelphia Banknote Company) but I don't know much about proofs and essays concerning the Revenue stamps. Thank you for that information as it will help a great deal. To be more specific I am eagerly curious about the Essays I pictured above with the purple background and a profile of a bust of Abraham Lincoln. Any information on those that anyone could provide or point me too, I would be quite grateful indeed!

There were several different designs created using that Lincoln bust, including vignette essays, frame essays, and various combinations. Most come in a variety of colors, some mono-color and some bi-color. Generally they were surface colored, often with fugitive inks. They were printed by the National Bank Note Co.
Here is a sale to look at: http://www.siegelauctions.com/2007/934/934.pdf

The Morton Dean Joyce collection also had a remarkable group of essays, but that sale is not on line. However, anyone who wants to see the most remarkable revenue collection ever assembled should get the two Joyce catalogs. One is his unbelievable match and medicine collection and the other is his equally amazing general revenue collection. I guarantee that no one with even a casual interest in revenues will be disappointed; more likely you will have to keep picking your jaw and eyes up from off the floor.

Yeah, the Joyce collection is the most droolworthy collection I've seen pictures of (that was way before my time). The Tolman collection had some wonderful pieces, as did the Weil Bros. liquidation, but Joyce is the top of the heap.

I've managed to acquire a few pieces from the Joyce collection... wish I could afford more.

The Joyce catalogs show up on ebay sporadically, but they seem to go for more there than through dealers. You can get the 2 volumes from Eric Jackson for $40 each. *WELL* worth acquiring for any self-respecting revenue collector.

As far as the Turner book, James Lee has it for $65:

http://www.jameslee.com/essayproofbooks.htm

NICE! Thank you VERY kindly!

The interesting thing about the Joyce collection is that no one except Joyce himself had any idea what was in it; collectors had been speculating for years what it might contain. Joyce started as a very young boy and came from a wealthy family, so he could always buy whatever interested him, plus once he became known everything exceptional in the then Scott listed revenues usually went to him first.