Some Recent Acquisitions

I recently picked up a carton of revenues, back of the book and other miscellaneous items.

Thought I would share some of the material with the readers.

1872 Wholesale Liquor Dealers Stamp in better than average condition.



1919 Special Tax Stamp on Ship Broker. Hines book says only 2000 were printed and there were only 637 taxpayers. Very scarce stamp.



Hostetter Facsimiles. Top one has dramatic double transfer.



R164 on a check with a nice eagle PAID handstamp.




RN-T6 on a life insurance policy from Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company.



Some better tobacco stamps.



TF4 pair. Multiples are not common.



Unlisted tobacco stamp: TC183 rouletted 3.5.



A check with an imprinted State of Virginia stamp.

Great items!

That check is very interesting!

The Ship Broker is MUCH scarcer then those numbers indicate. I have been studying Special Tax Stamps for 45 years and do not recall ever seeing one.
Jealous of the DT on the fac as well, even with the repair.

Another item not seen that often. 50 gallon stamp for Denatured Alcohol.



BTW it's going to take me a year of Sundays to go through all the stuff. Who knows what else is lurking?

That is outstanding condition for a stamp that by law was supposed to be nailed, cancelled, and shellaced or varnished to the container. About as good as a used example ever gets.

The check is from a well known series of Type G facsimiles that used state seals in the center of the diamond shape. Gast of St. Louis marketed these following the end of the tax on checks, June 30, 1883. The following states have been reported: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Dakota Territory, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia. I have owned at one time or another about #8532;; of these.

1typesetter, I sent you an email through the forum system.

Very nice! I'm currently making pages for M&M facsimiles. May I use your scan of the Hostetter fac? It's not one I have!

Very nice. Dig the eagle cancel on R164.

southpaw,

No problem! Yes.

Hi

On the Hostetter facsimile, I don't see any extraneous lines, indicative of a double transfer.

I see some poorly inked or uninked areas, that's all.

Can you provide a higher resolution scan of this item?

Thanks

Jim

Jim,

I'll email it to you. It's too big to upload to the blog.

southpaw, send me your email and I'll email the high res scan to you also.

Tom

I picked up some extracted 2016 Scott catalogue pages for various countries so I would not have to buy at least 3 books to get some more recent details. I mount them in protective sleeves.