Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

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Revenue Group Lots and Collections continued...

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Lot Description

1616

Tobacco, Snuff and Proprietary Medicine Packages. Many with revenue stamps, incl. six sample packs of cigarettes, stamped and unopened, 26 more empty or flattened, three stamped and unopened foreign cigarettes, six packages of tobacco, two bladders snuff, one box Portland matches (broken), one package Parlor matches, 27 vials from Buffington's Homeopathic Pharmacy, Schenck's Mandrake pill box (broken), five stamped and unopened proprietary medicines, four perfume bottles, two Charles Osgood bottles, five packages of Head Play cigarettes, etc., interesting lot both historically and philatelically

E. 300-400

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

1617

Tobacco Advertising Covers. 27 items, a very nice collection from manufacturers of cigars, cigar boxes, cigarettes, tobacco, etc., ranges from the late 1880's to about 1920, generally Fine-Very Fine

E. 300-400

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

1618

Hydrometers. Collection of eight intact hydrometers with labels, incl. 1870, 1874, 1934, 1936, 1945, 1947, 1949 and 1971, also an accumulation of 129 labels (prior to 1909) mostly in Very Fine condition, incl. among these are Mr. Tolman's notes, correspondence and four copies of the Springfield list, and finally four newer sheets of hydrometer labels, terrific lot of Revenue Stamps collateral

E. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1619

License and Royalty Stamps. For products such as shoes, boots, paper collars, hats, brooms, sewing machines, etc., approximately 550 stamps, approximately 120 different, also incl. 1,000 stamps of the McKay Sewing Machine association in original packets of 100, heavy duplication, generally Fine-Very Fine for these

E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $6,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1620

Playing Cards. Sixteen decks, eight of which are unopened with revenue stamps attached, two are very unusual, one with a series 1910 Customs Imported Cigarettes stamp with an overprint, the other with a 10c Ty. R22 Documentary stamp cancelled by card manufacturer, fascinating lot

E. 200-300

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

1621

State Revenue Stamps. Collection of approximately 2,500 stamps, mostly unused from the 1910's through 1940's mounted in three albums, generally Very Fine condition, very strong in cigarettes, tobacco, alcohol and beer, also interesting categories such as mature fruit, eggs, illuminating oil, feed, citrus, fertilizer, etc., some city tax stamps as well, finally there is a small box of duplicate and related material which includes Telegraph stamps, fascinating lot of seldom-seen material

E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1622

Stocks, Bonds and Checks. Accumulation of over 200 stock certificates, mostly Mining and Railroads, over 100 large format bonds for the New York and New England and New York and New Hampshire RR's, over 40 bonds for the Boston, Hartford and Erie RR, each with Revenue Stamped Paper Nos. RN-W2 (one) and RN-P5 (two), also a ms. stock certificate from 1853 for the Allegheny Valley RR, virtually all Fine-Very Fine

E. 750-1,000

SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1623

Special Tax Stamps. Nearly 1,500 Deats and Sterling remainders, primarily 1874-85 with a sprinkling of used later dates, much duplication, also approximately 100 state, county and city permits and application forms, Fine-Very Fine lot

E. 500-750

SOLD for $11,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1624

L. H. Chapman Letter Regarding "I.R." Overprinted Provisional No. R158A. Signed typewritten letter (front and back) on "Chapman Steamboat Line" Illustrated Stationery, undated but probably from the late 1920's to early 1930's, interesting background of the company, deals with his difficulty in keeping up with his paperwork without Revenue Stamps and his futile requests in trying to get stamps from the "I R Office", he requested permission to print his own and was told by the Revenue office to wait a day or two, he waited nearly a week and asked again, this time he was given permission to print his own stamps, he ordered 500 Trans-Mississippi stamps from the post office and had them overprinted by the Purvis Printing Co., he states he used all but seventeen, these "mints" he gave to a Mr. Baggs, when Baggs passed away , his collection was sold to a New York dealer, but only a strip of three was found in the collection, Chapman was 75 years old when he wrote this letter, also incl. is a Chapman business card, great collateral

E. 300-400

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction

1625

"Revenue Stamp Duties" Broadside. "Abstract of the U.S. excise Tax Laws" and list of revenue stamps available at the Boston Post Office, printed by John Wilson and Son, note on back indicates this was posted in front of the Boston Post Office in 1863, 11-5/8 x 20 in., framed 13-3/4 x 22 in., tack holes and edge faults, folds, separations and some aging, still an impressive piece of Revenue Stamp collateral

E. 300-400

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

1626

Revenue Collection. Nearly 200 stamps on pages, strong in Proprietary with 1871-75 50c on Violet Paper (light creases) plus 1c-10c lower values on both papers, 1875-81 Perforated, Watermarked and Rouletted complete, the 3c is an unmistakably genuine horizontal pair and the 5c appears to be genuine with some perf trimming (still attractive), other roulettes probably okay as well, complete Battleships, 1914 single Line watermark less the rare RB42, 1914 Double Line complete and 1919 Blue complete, also some Future Delivery, 1918-29 Stock Transfer, 1940 mostly complete, $1.00-$20.00 Tobacco Sales Tax and $1.00 and $3.00 Boating, generally Fine-Very Fine

E. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction