Here is a Promissory Note from the Corn Bell Bank of Bloomington, ILL with 72 Revenue Stamps from the right and proper 1898 Series Revenue Issue.
As you clearly see this instrument is in shop worn condition.
On the face of this instrument somebody has written "The back of this note there are (23) Plate No in strips of (3). If I were to soak the stamps off, perhaps I'd find the missing one, as the orientation shows, I can only count 22 plate number strips of three.
If there is another plate number strip of 3 stamps hidden, there this instrument would have 75 Revenue Stamps on it. The note at the bottom looks like it might or might not have been added later on (after May 1901). In addition somebody has written in pencil 22 directly above the (23) notation.
The stamps are cancelled with a faded Corn Belt Bank, I've enhanced one image to show the right and proper cancel.
Does any knowledgeable Stamp Community Family member have any Promissory Notes Instruments with lots of Revenue Stamps and with a readable cancel on them, please show them.
The missing three stamps may in fact be hidden under the Plate Number 508 Strip of three stamps, but in order to confirm this I'd have to soak this one apart, and I do not think that would be a good idea.
Cheers
David (Stampmaster)
Posted 05/30/2015 8:31 pm
