Sale 1164 — The Grant Inman Collection, Part 6: Wine, Beer and Silver Tax Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday, 20 September, 2017
Category — Silver Tax - 1941 Issue
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Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
704
$50.00 Gray, "Series 1941" Ovpt., Silver Tax (RG78). Serial no. 5, without gum as issued, well-balanced marginsVERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE $50.00 1941 SILVER TAX. ONLY EIGHT ARE BELIEVED TO EXIST, AND ONLY FOUR ARE UNUSED.
Eric Jackson records only eight examples of this stamp. Four are unused -- serial nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5. The first three are from the same sheet of four, and the example offered here is from the next sheet. This is the first in unused condition we have offered since keeping computerized records.
Ex Cunliffe and Lyons. With 1999 P.S.E. certificate
6,000
2,400
