Sale 934 — The Henry Tolman II Collection of U.S. Revenues-Part Four
Sale Date — Wednesday, 9 May, 2007
Category — Revenue Stamped Paper
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2425
-1/2p Red, Colonial Revenue (RM1). Act of January 8, 1755, in effect May 1, 1755, to April 30, 1757, stamped (full strike but somewhat indistinct) at the bottom right corner of a Boston Evening Post newspaper dated April 11, 1757, 19 days before the last day this issue was valid, virtually the entire front page deals with man killing man in war with obvious references to the French and Indian War (1754-63), some expert restoration, professionally matted and framed with photocopies of the other pages of the newspaper mounted on the back
2,300
1,200