Sale 1164 — The Grant Inman Collection, Part 6: Wine, Beer and Silver Tax Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday, 20 September, 2017
Category — Beer Stamps - 1917 Provisional Issue
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
634
1917, ($15.00) Ty. C Surcharge on $7.50 Black on Blue, 5bbl., No. REA112, Entire Stamp, Beer (REA129; Priester 148aC). Unused (no gum), bright and fresh, small traces of extraneous ink from surcharge, faint vertical crease at right, small tear in upper right margin clear of designEXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE TYPE C "ACT OF 1917" SURCHARGE ON THE ENTIRE 5-BARREL BEER STAMP.
Priester records four examples of REA129. None was offered in our "Scarsdale" sale.
Ex Tolman. With 2006 P.F. certificate
6,000
2,100