My Revenue Stamp Collection Newest Additions

These are the newest additions to my collection.

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Scott # R15d. Added August 18, 2019 at 21:10

T15 major double transfer on 2-cent USIR silk paper (unlisted in Scott) on an 1871 sight draft. Prices shown are for the T15 double transfer on normal paper, off document.

Scott # R155. Added August 18, 2019 at 20:55

Arena Publishing Co. The earliest typewritten check I have seen. During this period, checks were almost exclusively handwritten.

Scott # R24c. Added August 4, 2019 at 23:36

The Challenge Sulky-Wheel Cultivator Agency. Sales agent contract.

Scott # R15c. Added August 4, 2019 at 15:16

English & Dixon. Manufacturers of The Ohio Mower & Reaper, Pitt's Separator, Carey Horse Power, & Castings of All Kinds.

Scott # 73. Added August 4, 2019 at 15:08

Oregon Stage Company. 2-cent Andrew Jackson used illegally as a revenue stamp on a receipt from the Oregon Stage Company.

Scott # 178. Added August 4, 2019 at 14:43

First National Bank of Lockhaven. 2-cent Andrew Jackson used illegally as a revenue stamp on a holographic check.

Scott # 73. Added August 4, 2019 at 13:38

2-cent Andrew Jackson used illegally as a revenue stamp, along with a 5-cent Agreement 1st issue revenue stamp, underpaying the tax on this promissory note. Per rate tables, the tax should have been 10 cents, not 7 cents.

Scott # 135. Added July 17, 2019 at 2:55

Union Trust Company of New York. Extremely scarce illegal usage, 2-cent grilled banknote used as a revenue. This is the first grilled banknote I have seen used illegally.

Scott # 68. Added July 17, 2019 at 2:24

Iron Cliffs Company. 10-cent Washington used illegally as a revenue stamp on an 1859 draft from the Iron Cliffs (Mining) Co. The tax due on the transaction was 10 cents, but the underlying 2-cent revenue imprint (RN-B1) was ignored, as is the case on all reported examples of the Iron Cliffs drafts. Tying blue oval handstamp is especially nice.

Scott # 71. Added June 30, 2019 at 12:55

Wheeling Post Office. Very scarce and unusual illegal usage of 30-cent Ben Franklin on an 1867 receipt for the purchase of stamps. There would have been no reason for a 30-cent tax on this transaction. The ink color and hand of the stamp's cancel match that of the document, so it does not appear that this is a fabrication. Given that the size and color of the stamp match that of the 2-cent Bank Check and the 2-cent USIR, I speculate that a hurried clerk grabbed the nearest small orange stamp, thinking it was the appropriate revenue stamp. We'll never know for certain. The stamp also has an extra row of perforations.

Scott # R44c. Added June 29, 2019 at 7:28

Lost Lake Gold and Silver Mining Co. Very unusual mining stock certificate from a company supposedly located in the 'Montania Territory'. The only records I can find of said territory is an 1864 New York Times announcement: 'The Committee [on Territories] are also perfecting a bill for the erection of the Territory of Montania, composed of a portion of Idaho and Utah Territories.' Very interesting item.

Scott # R36b. Added June 28, 2019 at 23:02

A. A. Low & Brothers. 10-cent Inland Exchange part perforate on a June 1863 bill of lading for pottery to be carried on the ship Surprise to Hong Kong. Bills of Lading to overseas destinations are quite scarce. The document is on a thin and very delicate tissue paper. No wonder very few survived. Note the large-format embossed seal at right.

Scott # R32a. Added June 28, 2019 at 22:46

A. A. Low & Brothers. 10-cent Bill of Lading imperforate on a March 1863 (EMU) bill of lading for supplies to be carried on the bark Benefactor to Hong Kong. Bills of Lading to overseas destinations are quite scarce, and EMUs even more so. The document is on a thin and very delicate tissue paper. No wonder very few survived. Note the large-format embossed seal at center.

Scott # R32a. Added June 28, 2019 at 22:26

A. A. Low & Brothers. 10-cent Bill of Lading imperforate on a March 1863 (EMU) bill of lading for coal to be carried on the bark Benefactor to Hong Kong. Bills of Lading to overseas destinations are quite scarce, and EMUs even more so. The document is on a thin and very delicate tissue paper. No wonder very few survived.

Scott # R6c. Added June 27, 2019 at 22:40

Neptune Steamship Co. Lovely 2-color printed bill of lading from 'The Neptune Line of Screw Steamers, direct between Boston and New York via Long Island Sound. Steamship vignette at upper left. This appears to have been the first leg of a journey with Hong Kong as the ultimate destination.

Scott # R27a. Added June 27, 2019 at 22:04

Privately rouletted imperf of the 5-cent Inland Exchange, on piece. Upper left corner was torn when the document was torn, and then reattached. There are a handful of known examples of privately rouletted 1st issue revenues, most being 2-cent denominations. This is the first 5-cent I've seen.

Scott # R19a. Added June 23, 2019 at 20:43

American Telegraph Company. Early matching usage (EMU) of 3-cent Telegraph imperforate on a May 1863 telegram. Stamp is superb.

Scott # R2c. Added June 5, 2019 at 20:38

USPS. Horizontal pair and single of 2-cent Playing Cards, used illegally as postage on an 1865 cover from Colas Mouth, West Virginia. The single and the left stamp from the pair each have a vertical plate scratch. If you digitally position the single above the left stamp of the pair, it looks like it could be one long continuous scratch crossing both stamps. Very unique piece.

Scott # R24c. Added June 5, 2019 at 20:22

The National Ink Co. Stunningly beautiful 3-color agent's certificate from The National Ink Company, printed in red, blue, and metallic gold, with a patriotic eagle vignette.

Scott # R17c. Added June 5, 2019 at 20:11

3-cent and 2-cent Playing Cards revenue stamps used improperly as documentaries, paying 5 cents tax on a sworn affidavit.

Scott # RB28. Added June 5, 2019 at 19:53

W. Schumacher, Pastor. Two vertical pairs of 2-1/2 cent Battleship propietaries, used improperly as documentaries, paying 10 cents tax on a Michigan marriage certificate. Same pastor as this similar improper usage.

Scott # R13c. Added June 5, 2019 at 19:41

2-cent proprietary used improperly as a documentary, along with a 3-cent Foreign Exchange, paying 5 cents tax on a notarized affadavit.

Scott # R18c. Added June 5, 2019 at 19:13

3-cent proprietary revenue used improperly as a documentary on an estate receipt for disbursement of proceeds of the estate.

Scott # R3c. Added June 5, 2019 at 19:06

Horizontal pair of 1-cent proprietary revenues used improperly as documentaries on an estate receipt for grave stones.

Scott # R3c. Added June 5, 2019 at 19:00

1-cent proprietary used improperly as a documentary on an order for payment.

Scott # R13c. Added June 5, 2019 at 12:01

2-cent proprietary used improperly as a documentary on a receipt for an estate disbursement.

Scott # R18c. Added June 5, 2019 at 11:55

3-cent proprietary used improperly as a documentary revenue on an 1865 receipt for estate payment ordered by probate court.

Scott # R28c. Added June 5, 2019 at 11:50

5-cent Playing Cards used improperly as a documentary revenue on an 1865 receipt for estate payment ordered by probate court.

Scott # R3c. Added June 5, 2019 at 11:41

John Strong, Notary Public. 1-cent proprietary used improperly as a documentary, along with two 2-cent Bank Check revenues, paying 5 cents tax on an affidavit for estate expenses.

Scott # R3c. Added June 5, 2019 at 11:31

1-cent and 2-cent proprietary revenues used improperly as documentaries on a promissory note.

Scott # R13c. Added June 5, 2019 at 11:27

2-cent Proprietary used improperly as a documentary on an 1864 estate receipt.

Scott # R29c. Added June 5, 2019 at 11:09

The First National Bank. 5-cent Proprietary used improperly as a documentary revenue on an 1867 deposit receipt.

Scott # R29c. Added June 4, 2019 at 23:53

The First National Bank. 5-cent Proprietary used improperly as a documentary revenue on an 1867 deposit receipt.

Scott # R29c. Added June 4, 2019 at 23:45

The First National Bank. 5-cent Proprietary used improperly as a documentary on an 1869 deposit receipt.

Scott # R3c. Added June 4, 2019 at 23:14

Horizontal pair of 1-cent proprietary revenue stamps used improperly as documentaries on a holographic check.

Scott # R228. Added June 4, 2019 at 22:38

Postal Express Service. Horizontal pair and a single of R228 used illegally as postage on a World War I armistice cover, with 3 strikes of a circular 'POSTAL EXPRESS SERVICE' cancel, along with a violet American Expeditionary Forces censor handstamp. Given that the return address matches the addressee, one must conclude that this is a philatelic handback cover. Still, a very interesting item regardless. Where would a U.S. soldier abroad have gotten the revenue stamps?

Scott # R3c. Added June 4, 2019 at 22:03

Thomas Kensett & Co. Horizontal pair of 1-cent Proprietary, used improperly as documentary revenue stamps. Thomas Kensett & Co. was an oyster and fruit canning company.

Scott # R164p. Added June 4, 2019 at 21:35

USPS. 2-cent battleship revenue used illegally as postage, with large flag cancel, caught and double penalty assessed, two 2-cent postage due stamps affixed.

Scott # R154. Added June 4, 2019 at 20:44

USPS. Margin imprint block of 4 of 1-cent Franklin with red provisional 'I.R.' overprint, used illegally as postage on cover.

Scott # RB2a. Added June 4, 2019 at 20:33

National Exchange Bank. Improper use of 2-cent proprietary revenue stamp as a documentary.

Scott # R13c. Added June 4, 2019 at 12:03

2-cent proprietary revenue stamp used improperly as a documentary on an 1864 receipt. Stamp also exhibits a plate crack at top right.

Scott # 267. Added June 4, 2019 at 11:55

2-cent Washington used illegally as a documentary revenue stamp on a Colorado Springs promissory note.

Scott # 113. Added June 4, 2019 at 11:29

1869 2-cent horse and rider postage stamp used illegally as a revenue stamp on a receipt for an estate's purchase of marble grave stones.

Scott # R164. Added June 4, 2019 at 11:19

USPS. 2-cent battleship documentary used illegally as postage on cover, caught and marked 'Due 2' with 2-cent postage due stamp affixed.

Scott # R15c. Added May 29, 2019 at 6:02

USPS. 2-cent USIR used illegally as postage on an 1868 Danville, Virginia cover, caught and held for postage, with 3-cent Washington subsequently affixed paying proper postage.

Scott # R13c. Added May 29, 2019 at 5:53

F.C. & M.D. Wells. 2-cent Proprietary used improperly as a documentary revenue stamp.

Scott # RB1a. Added May 27, 2019 at 19:21

Horizontal pair of 1st issue 1-cent Washington proprietary stamps used improperly paying the 2-cent tax on a check from the First National Bank of Sandusky.

Scott # RB11a. Added May 27, 2019 at 19:15

The Continental National Bank. Vertical pair of 1-cent proprietary revenue stamps used improperly as documentaries, caught and a correct revenue subsequently affixed to pay the tax.

Scott # 65. Added May 27, 2019 at 19:00

3-cent Washington overpaying the 2-cent tax rate for a receipt. A correcting revenue stamp appears to have fallen off.

Scott # 76. Added May 27, 2019 at 18:43

5-cent Thomas Jefferson used illegally as a revenue stamp on an 1865 marriage certificate from Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Scott # R11c. Added May 27, 2019 at 16:54

Improper use of 2-cent Playing Cards revenue stamp on a tax collector's receipt.

Scott # 701. Added May 27, 2019 at 11:05

Very scarce 20th century high-denomination illegal usage. The same stock from the famed Knox Phagan scandal.

Scott # 113. Added May 27, 2019 at 10:51

2-cent horse and rider used illegally as revenue on a receipt of payment for cheese.

Scott # R3c. Added May 26, 2019 at 20:57

New York Central Railroad. Horizontal pair of 1-cent Proprietary revenue stamps used improperly for documentary purposes on a New York Central Railroad voucher.

Scott # 113. Added May 26, 2019 at 20:06

Illegal usage of 2-cent horse and rider (Scott #113) postage stamp as revenue stamp on a note payable on Mechanics Bank (Providence) due this month on deposits.

Scott # R164. Added May 5, 2019 at 20:36

Kansas City Smelting and Refining Co. Horizontal pair of 2-cent battleship documentary revenue stamps, along with 3 mexico revenue stamps, on an 1898 sight draft.

Scott # R167. Added May 5, 2019 at 20:04

Kansas City Smelting and Refining Co. 1-cent, 2-cent, 5-cent and 10-cent (x2) battleship documentary revenue stamps on an 1899 sight draft, along with 4 Mexico revenue stamps.

Scott # R202. Added May 5, 2019 at 19:26

Vincent S. Maginn, notary public. U.S #R202 or R213 along with Italian revenue stamps, on a 1915 protest of unpaid draft.

Scott # R18c. Added March 24, 2019 at 15:53

Mathew Brady. Scarce 'Washington' script printed cancel. Considerably more scarce than the 'Brady' script cancel.

Scott # R18c. Added March 24, 2019 at 15:44

Mathew Brady. Great strike of 'Brady' script cancel on a CDV of an unidentified soldier. CDV has front marks tying together the 'Brady' and 'Washington' script printed cancels.

Scott # R167. Added March 23, 2019 at 22:47

USPS. 2c Trans-Mississippi (286) used with two each 3c and 5c Battleship Documentary Revenues on registered cover from New Orleans to Edinburgh, Scotland, New Orleans Jul. 1, 1898 registered datestamp, transited New York with registry label applied over 2c Trans-Mississippi, London registered handstamps, Edinburgh and New York backstamps. Most unusual use to pay the 8c registry fee plus double the 5c UPU rate. Despite the illegality of using revenue stamps as postage, this cover passed through both New Orleans and New York without complaint by postal clerks. Ex Dr. Heimburger.

Scott # R250. Added March 16, 2019 at 12:47

Mangled, tattered, and torn, but still unusual and interesting. A parcel fragment franked with three complete strips of R250, a strip of three R249, two complete strips of R246, a single of R246a, and several smaller denominations, totalling $13,792.65 in tax paid. Stamps are both handstamped and cut canceled. Catalog value referenced above is for cut cancels.

Scott # R7a. Added March 16, 2019 at 12:35

The Ben Franklin Associates. Printed cancel on an admission ticket to the 59th Semi-Annual Conference of The Ben Franklin Associates, to be held on July 4, 1863. The only reported example.

Scott # 178. Added March 16, 2019 at 12:25

Etiwan Fertilizers. Spectactular oval handstamp cancel on a 2-cent Andrew Jackson used illegally as a revenue stamp on a holographic check.

Scott # R116. Added March 16, 2019 at 10:50

Foreign entry, design of 70c (the semicircles at left and right of top ribbon).

Scott # R50b. Added March 14, 2019 at 23:57

Jefferson Gold and Silver Mining Co. Very scarce part perf to find still on original document. Part of next stamp showing at bottom.

Scott # R36c. Added March 14, 2019 at 21:29

Continental Insurance Co. Certificate or profits with allegorical figure at left and great stylized globe in clouds at center.

Scott # RB20. Added March 14, 2019 at 21:22

Goetting & Co. 1/8-cent proprietary battleship revenue stamp still on its original sachet powder envelope. The envelope has a pebbled texture and is embossed in metallic silver.

Scott # RB21. Added March 14, 2019 at 21:17

Colgate & Co. 1/4-cent proprietary battleship revenue stamp still on its original sachet envelope.

Scott # R5c. Added March 14, 2019 at 21:12

Bank of the Republic.

Scott # R45a. Added March 14, 2019 at 13:22

Columbia Transportation Company. Beautiful bicolor stock certificate with paddlewheel steamer vignette and hammered embossed seal featuring a locomotive. This is the first document I've obtained from the Washington Territory.

Scott # R167. Added March 14, 2019 at 11:55

Dickinson Trust Company. 4- and 5-cent battleship revenues on a real estate mortgage bond, with 2-cent battleship revenues on each of the bond coupons, but all canceled on the date of origination rather than when the bond coupons were redeemed.

Scott # R15c. Added March 14, 2019 at 11:37

Bryant Stratton & Co's Business Colleges. College membership certificate.

Scott # R164. Added March 14, 2019 at 11:30

USPS. Illegal/improper use of a 2-cent battleship revenue stamp as postage on a cover sent from The Gillespie resort hotel in Hot Springs, South Dakota.

Scott # R25c. Added March 14, 2019 at 11:22

Isaac Nathans. Pawnbroker's ticket for a watch, with the stamp canceled by a stylized Star of David handstamp cancel. 'S.G.N.' stands for Samuel G. Nathans, presumably a relative or predecessor. Pawn tickets from the Civil War are exceptionally rare, with only a handful known.

Scott # 156. Added March 14, 2019 at 11:14

Illegal/improper use of 1-cent Franklin as a revenue, underpaying the 2-cent check tax.

Scott # 65. Added March 13, 2019 at 20:33

Illegal usage of 3-cent Washington as revenue on a bank check.

Scott # 63. Added March 13, 2019 at 20:27

Tioga Rail Road Co. Very early illegal usage of a 1-cent Franklin postage stamp underpaying the 2-cent tax on a check from the Tioga Rail Road Co.

Scott # O97. Added March 13, 2019 at 20:17

2-cent Department of Interior Official stamp used illegally as a revenue stamp on a promissory note. This is the first example of an official stamp used as revenue that I am aware of.

Scott # R155. Added March 13, 2019 at 19:59

USPS. 2-cent with blue I.R. overprint used illegally as postage on a Spanish American War patriotic cover, with 2-cent Trans-Mississippi subsequently affixed to legitimately pay the postage.

Scott # R166. Added March 13, 2019 at 19:24

Kidder, Peabody & Co. Bill of foreign exchange originating in England, with imprinted British revenue stamp, with vertical pair of 4-cent Battleship revenues upon redemption in the United States. Documents with both U.S. and non-U.S. revenue stamps are quite scarce.

Scott # R32c. Added February 18, 2019 at 14:40

Tong Soong & Co. Extremely unusual cancel, that at first glance just looks like a muddy indeterminate cancel. Running the image through analysis software reveals a cancel with Chinese characters in the center.

Scott # R64a. Added February 17, 2019 at 11:10

This promissory note, dated October 8, 1862, is an incredibly early usage, and is arguably the earliest known use of R64a... but there's a problem. The 60-cent Inland Exchange wasn't delivered until December of 1862, so it could not possibly have been affixed at the time this note was written.

At some point between when the note was written and the time of payoff (or at the time of payoff) in May of 1863, the lack of tax was noted, and the stamp affixed and backdated.

The tax rates had changed between the time the note was written and the time it was paid off. 60 cents was the correct rate in October of 1862, but the rate for the amount in this transaction had increased to 70 cents by May of 1863.

It's still a nice EMU.

Scott # R15c. Added February 2, 2019 at 18:56

S. C. Hansen. Incredibly unusual item; never seen another like it. CDV that served as a raffle ticket. It's not the lottery ticket tax, which expired in 1864. It falls within the taxable period of CDVs, but the initials in the cancel are not that of the photographer. Instead, it appears to match the name written on the ticket, which means it is presumably the person running the lottery or the purchaser of the ticket, paying the tax on the $1 purchase price of the ticket.

Scott # R56b. Added February 2, 2019 at 14:44

Scott # R18c. Added December 31, 2018 at 19:23

George K. Knapp & Co.

Scott # R6c. Added December 31, 2018 at 19:00

L. T. Sparhawk. Oval handstamp cancel with artistic 'Artist' in the center, as well as a bold backstamp on the CDV.

Scott # R64a. Added December 31, 2018 at 18:02

Carlisle Deposit Bank. R41b, R52c, R53b, and R64a on an 1864 promissory note. Scarce combination of imperf, part perf, and perforated 1st issue revenues all on the same document.

Scott # R15c. Added December 31, 2018 at 17:56

La Belle Smelting Works. Very delicate, translucent paper.

Scott # R24c. Added December 31, 2018 at 17:52

Mansfield Machine Works. Purchase order for a mower with warranty statement and attractive vignette.

Scott # R6c. Added December 31, 2018 at 17:48

George Washington Bank.

Scott # R9c. Added December 31, 2018 at 17:45

George Washington Bank.

Scott # R152c. Added December 31, 2018 at 17:34

Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank. Roulettes are very scarce on document.

Scott # R112. Added December 31, 2018 at 17:07

Notary Public. Promissory note from Addy, Hull & Co., manufacturer of pig iron, and attached protest for nonpayment. The protest document has an R112 with soubled perforations, which are genuine, as opposed to diagonal 'freak' perfs which are dealer concoctions.

Scott # R15c. Added December 31, 2018 at 16:45

C. B. Richard & Boas. Document printed and written entirely in German. The company had offices in both the U.S. and Germany.

Scott # R28c. Added December 31, 2018 at 16:27

Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railway. Nominally illegal use of 5-cent Playing Cards on bill of lading from Tabers & Co., manufacturers of mowers and reapers, for transport of a mower and accessories on the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railway.

Scott # R164p. Added December 31, 2018 at 15:55

El Paso Smelting Works. U.S. and Mexican revenue stamps both on a document from the Consolidated Kansas City Smelting and Refining Co. Combination usages with non-U.S. revenue stamps are quite scarce.

Scott # R1c. Added December 31, 2018 at 15:43

Bloom's Agency Office. Two horribly misperfed 1-cent Express revenues on an agency receipt.

Scott # R15c. Added December 31, 2018 at 15:29

Western Military Institute. Receipt for tuition and board for a cadet at Western Military Institute.

Scott # R164. Added December 31, 2018 at 15:15

Texas promissory note for the installation of lightning rods.

Scott # R42c. Added December 31, 2018 at 10:44

First National Bank. $1 Foreign Exchange plus 3 20-cent Inland Exchange paying $1.60 tax on an 1868 promissory note.

Scott # R78c. Added December 31, 2018 at 10:31

Lawrence Manufacturing Co. R78c and R33c paying $1.60 tax on promissory note. Signed by Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, great-grandson of President Thomas Jefferson.