Sale 1067 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 24-28 March, 2014
Category — Revenues: Playing Cards, Silver Tax, Narcotics
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
671
7c on 2c Blue, Playing Cards (RF8). Deep red "10-4-'17 7 CTS. R.P.C.Co." (Russell Playing Card Co.) three-line surcharge, rich color, light creasing and rounded corner at top left, otherwise Very Fine
1,350
550
672
$1,000.00 Orange, 11mm Between "Silver" and "Tax" (RG27). Serial no. 79993, rich color, tied by full strike of purple "Office of the Collector of Internal Revenue, 2nd District, N.Y., Received Sep. 11, 1936" oval handstamp on piece, also "BM9/3/36" handstamps at topEXTREMELY FINE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE $1,000.00 SILVER TAX STAMP WITH WIDE SPACING. LESS THAN A DOZEN ARE KNOWN.
Ex Scarsdale. With 2001 P.F. certificate.
2,000
1,200
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$1,000.00 Orange, 11mm Between "Silver" and "Tax" (RG27). Serial no. 80084, cancelled by clear strike of purple "Office of the Collector of Internal Revenue, 2nd District, N.Y., Received ?. 30, 1937" oval handstamp, bright color, a few trivial creases, Very Fine appearance, probably less than a dozen examples are known
2,000
700
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$4.00 Yellow Brown, "Series 1940" Ovpt., Silver Tax (RG52). Original gum, light gum bend, rich color, Very Fine
900
225
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$5.00 Dark Blue, "Series 1940" Ovpt., Silver Tax (RG53). Original gum, h.r., fresh color, Very Fine
1,000
350
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$10.00 Orange, "Series 1940" Ovpt., Silver Tax (RG54). Original gum, lightly hinged, mild gum bend, bright color, Very Fine
1,500
325
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$100.00 Green, Blue "Series 1940" Handstamped Ovpt., Silver Tax (RG57). Serial no. 377127, light purple handstamp cancels, wonderfully bright and fresh, horizontal creaseVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A SCARCE EXAMPLE OF THE $100.00 GREEN SERIES 1940 HANDSTAMPED IN BLUE. ONLY THIRTEEN ARE BELIEVED TO EXIST.
Richard Friedberg records a total of thirteen used copies of this issue. Of these at least six have faults.
6,000
2,700
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$20.00 Gray, "Series 1941" Ovpt., Silver Tax (RG76). Original gum, h.r., large gum skip at bottom, fresh color, Very Fine
1,000
850
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$1,000.00 Gray, "Series 1941" Ovpt., Silver Tax (RG82). Serial no. 51, neat type-written 1946 cancel, two horizontal creases, one of which ends in a small tear at right, Very Fine appearance, only about a dozen are recorded
2,750
425
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$10.00 Gray, "Series 1942" Ovpt., Silver Tax (RG100). Original gum, lightly hinged, attractive color, Very Fine
725
400
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$20.00 Gray, "Series 1942" Ovpt., Silver Tax (RG101). Original gum, h.r., fresh color, Very Fine and choice
1,250
700
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$30.00 Gray, "Series 1942" Ovpt., Silver Tax (RG102). Serial no. 820, purple handstamp cancels, a few small staple holes (therefore catalogued as cut cancel), well-centered, trivial stain at the bottom right of the oval frameVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE $30.00 SERIES 1942 SILVER TAX ISSUE.
Richard Friedberg records eleven examples of RG102. We have offered only two others (Serial nos. 817 and 822) since keeping computerized records.
2,750
3,750
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$60.00 Gray, "Series 1942" Ovpt., Silver Tax (RG104). Serial no. 812, handstamp and ms. cancels, also a few staple holes, Very Fine, catalogued as cut cancel
750
700
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$100.00 Gray, "Series 1942" Ovpt., Silver Tax (RG105). Serial no. 782, purple handstamp cancels, also a few staple holes, well-centered, horizontal crease, Very Fine appearance, catalogued as cut cancel
950
225
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$1,000.00 Gray, "Series 1942" Ovpt., Silver Tax (RG107). Serial no. 756, purple boxed handstamp cancel, bright and fresh, vertical creaseVERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE $1,000.00 1942 SERIES SILVER TAX ISSUE. ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE CANCELLED SOLELY BY THE PURPLE HANDSTAMP
This is one of the keys to a complete collection of these issues. As an indication of rarity, none was offered in our recent Scarsdale sale, and only one other example (Serial no. 752, with staple holes) was found with Power Search.
7,500
2,900
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1c Carmine Rose, Narcotic Tax (RJA26). With "Narcotic/E. L. Co./3-19-19" three-line overprint, fresh color, few light creases and a large sealed tear at top, Fine appearance, this was used exclusively by Eli Lilly & Co. in Indianapolis, it is only the third we have offered since keeping computerized records.
4,500
800
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1c Carmine Rose, Blue "P-W-R-Co. Narcotic" Handstamp, Narcotic Tax (RJA28). Neat manuscript 1919 cancel, s.e. at right, trivial creases, Fine appearance and scarce, overprinted for use by Powers-Weightmann-Rosengarten of Philadelphia
1,250
600
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4c Carmine Rose, Blue "P-W-R-Co. Narcotic" Handstamp, Narcotic Tax (RJA28A). Attractive color, s.e. at bottom and left, light creases, small hole in center and facial scrape at left, Fine appearing example of this rare Narcotic Stamp, this is the second we have offered since keeping computerized records
1,500
225
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3c Violet, Imperforate, Narcotic Tax (RJA48a). Small red handstamp cancel, close to full margins all around, light vertical crease and trivial surface rub at top, Very Fine appearance
750
0
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20c Violet, Rouletted 7, Narcotic Tax (RJA58b). Original gum, rich color, Very Fine and choice, scarce, ex DePriest and Schauss, with 2003 P.F. certificate
400
100
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Narcotic Tax Balance (RJA43b/RJA70a). 27 stamps covering Types NT2-NT4, best Scott Retail values are Nos. RJA48a ($750.00), two RJA58b ($400.00 each), RJA70a ($275.00), typical condition for these with some creasing or slight thinning, overall Fine, Scott Retail more than $2,200.00
E. 400-500
275
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$1.00-$100.00 Marihuana Tax (RJM1-RJM4). Mint N.H., $100.00 without gum as issued and with full tab, fresh, Fine-Very Fine
2,050
600
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