Sale 1164 — The Grant Inman Collection, Part 6: Wine, Beer and Silver Tax Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday, 20 September, 2017
Category — Silver Tax - 1939 Issue
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
689
80c Rose Pink, Silver Tax (RG32). Radiant color, unobtrusive purple oval handstamp cancel, centered to top left but with perfs well clear of designFRESH AND FINE. ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE 1939 80-CENT SILVER TAX ISSUE, SCOTT RG32. A REMARKABLE REVENUE RARITY.
One of the other recorded examples of this issue is on the remarkable piece of document offered in lot 686 of this sale, and originally formed a pair with the stamp offered here. The whereabouts of the third recorded example is not known to us.
With 1974 and 2003 P.F. certificates
30,000
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