Sale 9021 — United States Revenues
Sale Date — Saturday, 15 March, 2025
Category — Revenues Group Lots
High Quality First Issue Revenues. 14 items all purchased at auction, each is notable for having large margins or superior centering and generally socked-on-the-nose handstamp cancels, including Nos. R7a, R12c, R17c, R45a pair, R46a, R47a, R52a, R77c (manuscript cancel), R98c, Extremely Fine Gems, a marvelous group
First Issue Revenues Double Transfers. Nine, including two of R5a (one on a check), R5c (5, one on a check, one with trimmed perfs at top and bottom), last two are R6c, all clearly show the double transfers at bottom, overall fresh and Very Fine-Extremely Fine
Revenues used as Postage on Covers. Ten covers with Revenue stamps affixed in an attempt to use them as postage, nearly all are First Issue perforated, plus a couple from later issues, a few are also franked with 1c, 2c or 3c 1861 Issue stamps, most were flagged by postmasters as illegal uses and struck with due markings, a few appear to have been accepted including one making up part of the 10c rate to Canada, also one check with 3c and 5c 1861 regular postage used as revenues, some faults to be found but overall a fascinating and scarce group, postage stamps used as Revenues are rather frequently encountered, but Revenue stamps used as postage are more elusive, this is a choice group of such uses
Match & Medicine Collection. Housed in two Aldrich albums, many hundreds of stamps covering the full range of Match, Medicine, Perfume and Playing Card companies, none of the rarities but lots of stamps with Scott values of $100.00 or more along with the numerous less expensive items, also includes a group of approximately ten original medicine boxes or containers with M&M stamps affixed, mixed condition as would be expected with a collection of these issues, overall a worthwhile collection worth review, the individual stamps meticulously annotated by the owner on notebook paper with Scott values values totaling more than $16,000.00
Match & Medicine Balance. Few stock pages of better quality stamps, including RO33c, RO120d, RS86c, RS189c, selected by the owner for superior condition, few small faults to be expected on these issues, a Very Fine-Extremely Fine group, Scott value approximately
Match & Medicine Balance. Approximately 23 items, including singles, pair, a couple blocks and a proof, each identified on a sales card, typical mixed condition with faults to be expected, overall Fine appearance, see our website PDF for the complete group, Scott value approximately $2,600
Revenues Accumulation, Mostly First Issue Imperforate and Perforated. Old-time stock book with neatly arranged singles, a few pairs and a few blocks, selected by the owner for superior condition, virtually all are well-centered, some are unused, some cancelled solely by handstamps including some struck in red, the imperforates all have four large margins and some have sheet margins, among the many better items are R1a (2), R27a strip of five, R29c block of four, R41a, R45a strip of four, R45c block of four, R47a (two pairs), R50a (two pairs), R76c strip of five, R78a pair and strip of three, R79c, R80c (2), R81a, R83c pair, R100c (7), several other better, also some Second and Third Issue stamps, apart from the higher catalogue value items noted here, the collection really shines when looking at the quality of the lower value items, one would be hard-pressed to find these elsewhere in such high quality, a few faults to be expected but overall the collection is full of Extremely Fine Gems, Scott value in excess of $17,000 does not convey its true value based on condition
U.S. Revenues Accumulation. Many hundreds of stamps in two glassine boxes neatly arranged individually on small stamp collection cards identified by Scott Specialized numbers, the large box is all Documentary Issues with some better First Issue noted as well as some better Dated Docs and Stocks, second box runs the gamut from Proprietary to Motor Vehicle, some better throughout with a few better Wines and several nice Silver Tax plus others, lots of these are lower value but the nice condition should not be overlooked, Very Fine lot, excellent material for the collector to add to his collection or for upgrades
Small Revenues Balance. Five items, including $20.00 Orange & Black, Third Issue (R150), centered to top, 1872 manuscript cancel, color slightly oxidized, horizontal crease and couple short perfs, otherwise Fine, 1935 Hunting Permit (RW2), disturbed original gum, Very Fine, Dr. A.W. Chase, Son & Co., 4c Black, Silk Paper (RS55b), well-centered with three wide margins, small thins and adherences to reverse, Very Fine appearance, Lyon Manufg. Co., 2c Black, Pink Paper (RS168c), centered to top with captured imprint at bottom, light soiling and perf faults, Fine appearance, finally Edward Wilder, 4c Vermilion, Experimental Silk Paper, Die Cut (RS267e), tiny thin and small inclusion, Very Fine appearance, lot also includes No. RS40a which the consignor believed to be Pink Paper (RS40c) but we disagree
Revenues Balance. 15 items, few on lot cards, including R603, R701, R730, RD283, few First Issue documents, a fresh and Very Fine group
California Documentary Revenue Tax Stamps, 1866-1872, High-Quality Collection. 93 stamps, including 58 imperforate values from 4c to $20.00, 29 circular die cut values from 10c to $10.00, and 6 rouletted values from 4c to $1.00, the extremely high quality of this group will afford collectors the opportunity to start a new collecting area, or the ability for established collectors to add examples which are difficult to find in choice quality, almost all the rectangular stamps have large margins all around, and many have legible handstamps, the same is true for the scarce rouletted examples, believed to have been made for a single banking company, nearly all the circular die cut stamps include 90% or more of the circular area (unusual), each stamp bears the controller’s overprint of GO, RW, or JJG, a few small faults might be found but the collector intended to collect everything fault-free, the collection and collector’s inventory included in our website PDF, 2013 State Revenue Catalog value $1,657