Sale 967 — Important and Superb United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 16-19 December, 2008
Category — Revenues (Silver Tax)
$30.00 Vermilion, Series 1940, Silver Tax (RG55). Brilliant color, natural s.e. at top and right, unobtrusive strike of purple oval cancel, tiny corner crease at bottom rightVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE $30.00 1940 SILVER TAX ISSUE.
Only nine copies are recorded, six of which are sound. The tiny corner crease on the example offered here is very trivial.
$60.00 Brown, Series 1940 (RG56). Large margins, brilliant color, neat strikes of purple oval cancelsEXTREMELY FINE. THE $60.00 BROWN 1940 SERIES SILVER TAX IS ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL SILVER TAX STAMPS, AND IS A KEY TO A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THESE ISSUES. ONLY EIGHT EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED -- ALL ARE USED AND THIS IS ONE OF THE TWO FINEST IN EXISTENCE.
Ex Gaudio. With 1980 P.F. certificate
$100.00 Green, Series 1940 (RG57). Deep rich color on bright paper, neat strike of purple oval cancelsFINE. A SCARCE EXAMPLE OF THE $100.00 GREEN SERIES 1940 WITH THE HANDSTAMP IN BLUE. ONLY TWELVE ARE BELIEVED TO EXIST.
Ex Turner. With 1984 P.F. certificate
$50.00 Gray, Series 1941 (RG78). Lightly cancelled, pretty shade, few short perfsVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE $50.00 1941 SILVER TAX. ONLY EIGHT ARE BELIEVED TO EXIST.
Ex Joyce.
$1,000.00 Gray, Series 1941(RG82). Bright shade, typed "Stamps Cancelled" reading down at right, faint crease, Very Fine appearing example of this scarce Silver Tax issue, only eleven are believed to exist
$3.00 Gray, Series 1942, Overprinted "Series 5942" (RG97a). In pair with normal, right stamp the error, barest trace of what may be hinging, fresh and Fine-Very Fine, especially desirable as a pair
$20.00 Gray, Series 1942 (RG101). Barest trace of hinging, intense shade, Very Fine and choice, a pretty stamp
$1,000.00 Gray, Series 1942 (RG107). Intense shade and impression, neat 1944 ms. cancel, two staple holes at top and two at bottom (not cut cancels)VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE $1,000.00 1942 SERIES SILVER TAX ISSUE. A GREAT RARITY.
This is one of the keys to a complete collection of these issues.
$500.00 Gray, 1944 Issue Without Ovpt. (RG131). Unused, with complete tab at left, pretty color, Very Fine and choice, from the Smithsonian deaccession, with 2005 P.F. certificate
$1,000.00 Gray, 1944 Issue Without Ovpt. (RG132). Unused, with complete tab at left, pretty color, Very Fine and choice, from the Smithsonian deaccession, with 2005 P.F. certificate