Sale 1164 — The Grant Inman Collection, Part 6: Wine, Beer and Silver Tax Stamps

Sale Date — Wednesday, 20 September, 2017

Category — Beer Stamps - 1909-11 Issues

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
613
 
Sale 1164, Lot 613, Beer Stamps - 1909-11 Issues1911, $10.00 Black on Blue, 10bbl., 25bbl., Center Cutouts (REA90-REA91; Priester 102-103). Each shows full denomination and most of central design, perforated cancels, Very Fine and scarce, the full stamps are not known to exist, according the the Priester book these were used to pay tax on beer in vats drawn off for bottling, the center portion was punched out by the revenue collector and the brewer received the center portion as a receipt, the government retained the rest of the stamp and presumably destroyed them, undercatalogued in Scott as only eight of the 10bbl. and 15 of the 25bbl. are recorded in the Priester census, ex "Scarsdale", latter with 2008 P.F. certificate

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