1918, ($2.00) Ty. A Surcharge on (50c) Violet on Bright Blue, -1/3bbl., No. REA99a, Beer (REA140A; Priester 160A). Priester Type 163 surcharge (without additional Type 95 surcharge), unused (no gum), large margins including top sheet margin with plate markers and screw from overprint plate, beautiful bright fresh colors and completely sound

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. CERTAINLY ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THIS RARE 1918 PROVISIONAL SURCHARGE ISSUE. THE PRIESTER CENSUS REPORTS ONLY FIVE KNOWN.

The "Revenue Act of 1918" provisional surcharge (Priester Type 163) was applied to the One-Third Barrel value of the 1909 design type (with and without earlier provisional surcharges, REA123 and REA99, respectively) and, in this case, to the 1902 design type with printed 1914 surcharge (and, in the case of REA141, with the additional "Act of 1917" surcharge). The Priester census reports only five examples of REA140A, all with Type 163 surcharge. Lots 647 and 648 originally formed a pair.

Ex Tolman. With 2006 P.F. certificate.

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