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
685
$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
