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I note that your RF1 has ON HAND, not ON DEMAND.
There are two interesting varieties of RF1. Your illustration does not have a period after AUG [period deliberately omitted] About half the stamps have a period after AUG. |
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My understanding is that the blue stamps were applied by playing card manufacturers to their decks before they were shipped beginning August 1, 1894. The red stamps though were applied by playing card retailers before the decks were sold to the customer/dealer/gambler/card shark. Thus, the decks were "on hand" in their store when the tax act went into effect. See below. Jim  |
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Based on this scan, the only stamp of any real interest is the 2 cent Liberty with the partial imprint. Not as nice as if it was re-imprinted by the Bureau, but still nice. A better scan might show something interesting among the other stamps. |
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The 15cent Second Issue catalogs around $85, but it's not in the best of shape. |
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If one of the $2 RK's happens to be perf 10 it's a good stamp, but this scan isn't good enough to tell. Otherwise the Registry stamp catalogs the most, but it's not a big deal. The snuff stamp is only a few dollars unless it has some provisional OP that I can't see. Really a fairly mediocre page. |
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Actually, the reason I even saw this stamp is that I remembered an older thread from revenuecollector https://goscf.com/t/49560#49560He noticed that the seller had an American FOREIGN Service stamp on a piece. Valued at $210 (Scott RK23).  |
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Rev, educate me: why is the liberty so interesting?
I was actually more interested in the R110, which as 1typesetter pointed out cats at $85...for a $21 lot I'd say that's a pretty nice deal.
But I would love to hear your thoughts on the liberty (and if it's really nice when I get it I'll post pics)
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As I explained in my post it has a partial imprint. I tend to ignore relatively common stamps when they are damaged, even if they have some modest catalog value. I only looked at the scan above and did not look at the lot on ebay, so I couldn't really read the RK's well. Or tell the perfs on 2 of them. |
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I thought the highlight was the unlisted imperforate 1940 stock transfer stamp in the third row.
Ha ha ha.
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so I couldn't really read the RK's well. Or tell the perfs on 2 of them. I'm not holding my breath for a perf10, but that would be nice. Otherwise, the RK23 was enough. (The rest go to my club.) |
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There are two other stamps that attracted my eye. The 12 ounce Fermented Juice Stamp, REF3, is cancelled John O. Dorn has a 1931 cancellation date (as always with Dorn), an unusual cancel. The 2¢ blue 1919 proprietary stamp is a dog in condition, but the Lever Brothers printed cancel is not very common. |
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