Sale 1164 — The Grant Inman Collection, Part 6: Wine, Beer and Silver Tax Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday, 20 September, 2017
Category — Beer Stamps - 1898 Provisional Issue
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583
1898, ($4.00) Ty. D Surcharge on $2.00 Brown on Dark Blue, 1hhd., No. REA43f, Beer (REA50b; Priester 59D). Priester Type 51 surcharge, large margins to slightly in at bottom, purple "Fredericksburg Brewery, Aug. ?, 1898, San Jose Cal." four-line datestamp, long repaired internal tearONE OF ONLY TWO EXAMPLES OF THE TYPE D 1898 PROVISIONAL SURCHARGE ON THE ONE-HOGSHEAD STAMP. A MAJOR BEER STAMP RARITY.
Priester census reports only two known for REA50b. This is the only example with the Type 51 surcharge.
Ex Tolman and "Scarsdale". With 2006 P.F. certificate.
3,000
1,900