The Drucker Collection continued...

EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THE RARE $1.00 SECOND ISSUE INVERT.

With 1974 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF FOUR REPORTED $500.00 LARGE PERSIAN RUG STAMPS WITH SHEET MARGINS AND IMPRINTS.

The initials "E.C." belong to Erastus Corning, from whose estate both of the Large and Small "Persian Rug" imprint examples originate. The $200.00 Small Persian Rug was sold in our Zoellner Revenue sale (Sep. 2000), where it realized $32,500 with a Scott Retail value of $5,000. According to Thomas Kingsley, the stamps were purchased by Mr. Corning's estate to pay the tax on his will, but the stamps were never attached to the will (this is why they both retained their original gum).

Illustrated in Kingsley. With 1986 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE 8-CENT "I.R." EMERGENCY PROVISIONAL OVERPRINT.

To meet the increased demands for federal revenue during the Spanish-American War, on June 13, 1898 Congress approved the War Revenue Law of 1898. The law was to become effective on July 1, 1898, leaving only seventeen days before the new stamps were needed. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing had already started work on the dies, rolls and plates in anticipation of its passage, but they were still unable to issue stamps when the law went into effect.

A large quantity of 1c and 2c stamps were printed with an "I.R." overprint (Scott R153, R154, R155 and R155A). Additionally, small quantities were produced in the 8c, 10c and 15c denominations. These issues mark the first time that the United States had to resort to surcharging.

With 1975 P.F. certificate for block of four, this being the top left stamp (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT "I.R." EMERGENCY PROVISIONAL OVERPRINT.

Please refer to the previous description for a history of these emergency overprints. With 1975 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 15-CENT "I.R." EMERGENCY PROVISIONAL OVERPRINT.

Please refer to the description of the 8c for a history of these emergency overprints. With 1975 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT CHAPMAN OVERPRINT. ONLY SIXTEEN COPIES ARE RECORDED IN TOTAL, OF WHICH ONLY TWO ARE UNUSED.

In his privately published census, Larry Lyons records fourteen used copies of Scott R158A. He does not record any unused examples. Our records contain two with original gum: 1.) original gum, natural s.e. at right, small diagonal crease at top right ending in a tear, ex Joyce, and 2.) the example offered here. Others may exist, but we have not been able to locate them in past auction catalogues or in the records of The Philatelic Foundation.

According to Scott catalogue, the 1c Trans-Mississippi was overprinted by the Purvis Printing Company with federal government approval. They were ordered by L. H. Chapman of the Chapman Steamboat Line, which operated freight-carrying steamboats along the Erie Canal. Only 250 stamps were produced, additionally, 250 were printed reading "I.R./P.I.D. & Son", for P.I. Daprix & Son, which served different ports along the same waterway.

With 2002 P.F. certificate. (Image)

VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE $5.00 PROPRIETARY ON VIOLET PAPER. A MERE 74 WERE ISSUED ON VIOLET PAPER.

The signature and date exactly match the Zoellner copy, which still retained its original gum. One could argue that this is a precancel.

With 2002 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail with small faults (Image)