Sale 1140 — Outstanding United States Stamps, featuring The Irwin Weinberg Inventory
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 9-11 November, 2016
Category — Revenues, Wine Stamps
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1355
$50.00 Yellow Green, 1934 Issue, Wine (RE107C). Serial no. 19561, purple "Quality Fruit Wine Corp. Brooklyn N.Y. Dec. 24, 1941" cancel repeatedly struck, bright color, exceptional centering, light horizontal crease between stamps as usual, tiny filled hole in right marginEXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A FRESH AND RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1934 $50.00 WINE STAMP.
The high-denomination wine stamps came into use when the law was changed, allowing revenue stamps to be affixed to the case rather than each individual bottle. They were issued in booklet form, perforated only at left. The first series (Scott RE56-RE59) was used prior to Prohibition and on religious and medicinal wine during Prohibition. They were reprinted in 1934 after Prohibition (Scott RE107A-RE107D). These reprints are considerably scarcer than their earlier counterparts. Perhaps a dozen or so are known of this denomination, and virtually all have faults.
5,000
2,800