Sale 1149 — The Grant Inman Collection, Part 4: Proprietary and Other Revenue Issues
Sale Date — Tuesday, 28 February, 2017
Category — Green Stock Transfer: 1945-1947 Ovpts.
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
367
$10,000.00 Bright Green, "Series 1946" Ovpt., Stock Transfer (RD234). Serial no. 5134, fresh and bright color, black Jan. 8, 1947 handstamp and cut cancels, faint horizontal crease at topVERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONLY THREE EXAMPLES OF THE $10,000.00 "SERIES 1946" OVERPRINT STOCK TRANSFER ISSUE ARE RECORDED. ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL REVENUE STAMPS.
An extensive search of auction records for the past 35 years produced only three examples of this Stock Transfer rarity. They are consecutive serial numbers, cancelled on the same date, and may have originated on one document. They are:
1) Serial no. 5134, the example offered here, ex Turner and Buford
2) Serial no. 5135, handstamp and cut cancels, ex Joyce, Ballman and Fleischman
3) Serial no. 5136, handstamp and cut cancels, ex Joyce, Lyons and our 2002 Rarities sale.
Ex Turner and Buford. With 2003 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail as cut cancel
22,500
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