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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$500.00 Gray, "Series 1941" Ovpt., Silver Tax (RG81). Serial no. 12, rich color, wide margins, neat "G L J, 1-6-44" manuscript cancelEXTREMELY FINE. ONLY THREE COPIES OF THE $500.00 SERIES 1941 SILVER TAX ISSUE ARE RECORDED. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SILVER TAX STAMPS IN EXISTENCE AND THE KEY TO A SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF THESE ISSUES.
The three recorded copies are as follows (listed by serial no.):
1) serial no. 6, typewritten cancel of 11-17-43 breaks paper in two spots, ex Joyce and Wampler
2) serial no. 8, typewritten cancel of 9-5-46, ex Cunlife, Sohn and "Scarsdale"
3) serial no. 12, manuscript cancel of 1-6-44, ex Lyons and Floyd, the example offered here.
Ex Lyons and Floyd. With 1992 P.S.E. and 2001 P.F. certificates
37,500
17,500