Lot 80
1870, 90¢ carmine (155), rich color, used with 10¢ brown (160), cancelled by matching manuscript "May 1st, J.K." on April 29, 1871 tax document paying $1,237.04, signed by Cambria Borough collector "James Kelly" among others; insignificant erosion along horizontal file fold, Very Fine.
Estimate 12,500 - 15,000
THE EARLIEST OF ONLY FOUR DOCUMENTED USAGES OF THE 1870 90¢ UNGRILLED.
Expertization: 2006 P.F. Certificate.
This amazing document was discovered only last year and this will be the first public offering at auction. It is a performance bond for a county tax collector. Effective August 1, 1864 the revenue tax on these was a flat fee of $1 through October 1, 1872, when it was repealed. There are no other documents from the 1862-72 documentary tax era bearing a 90¢ postage stamp of any issue for revenue purposes.
Featured in Linn's Stamp News Article of May 15, 2006, "90¢ Perry on tax document", p. 48.
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