Worldwide Stamps and Covers United States 1914-17 Issues
Sale No: 1123
Lot No:29
Symbol:e
Cat No:Collection
1917 1c green, "War Stamp" private overprint, three covers; one in combination with 2c carmine (463) on local Los Angeles, CA cover and others in combination with 1c stamps (single and double rate usages) on "The Southwest Museum" corner card covers (cover faults), also a 1920 cover from Knoxville, Tenn., with 2c carmine with serif overprint (462), fine and interesting group (These overprinted stamps were printed by Charles S. Thompson who was at the time curator of the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles. It is reported that he only printed 1,000 of these stamps in three sizes of sans-serif type) (Image)