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The Scarsdale Collection, Part 7: United States Beer Stamps continued...

1870 Issue (Scott REA14-REA19a)

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1870, 12-1/2c Brown, Lilac Security Lines, -1/8bbl., Beer (REA14, Priester 14B). Unused (no gum), large margins, rich colors, light creases, small tear at lower right, light stain at bottom, otherwise Very Fine, a presentable unused example of this issue (Image)

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350.00

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

1870, 12-1/2c Brown, Lilac Security Lines, -1/8bbl., Beer (REA14, Priester 14B). Large margins, rich colors, light strike of Iowa double-circle datestamp, minor wrinkle at lower left, Very Fine appearance (Image)

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250.00

SOLD for $400.00
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1870, 12-1/2c Brown, Yellow Security Lines, -1/8bbl., Beer (REA14a, Priester 14A). Large margins all around, rich colors, neat manuscript cancel, horizontal and vertical creases

VERY FINE AND SCARCE EXAMPLE OF THE 1870 ONE-EIGHTH BARREL ISSUE. VERY FEW ARE KNOWN.

Only twelve are recorded in the Priester census and this is the first we have offered since keeping computerized records. Ex Tolman. With 2006 P.F. certificate (Image)

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1,100.00

SOLD for $1,700.00
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1870, 16-2/3c Yellow Orange, Lilac Security Lines, -1/6bbl., Beer (REA15, Priester 15B). Large to full margins, rich colors, light strike of blue 1871 double-circle datestamp, Very Fine and choice, a pretty stamp (Image)

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300.00

SOLD for $400.00
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1870, 16-2/3c Yellow Orange, Yellow Security Lines, -1/6bbl., Beer (REA15a, Priester 15A). Large margins to just in at bottom, neat 1872 manuscript cancel, small thins and creases, Fine appearance, only 22 are recorded in Priester and this is the second we have offered since keeping computerized records, with 2008 P.F. certificate (Image)

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1,100.00

SOLD for $500.00
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1870, 16-2/3c Yellow Ochre, Lilac Security Lines, -1/6bbl., Beer (REA15c, Priester 15aB). Large margins to just in at left, rich colors, well-struck "C. Rivinius Morrisania Mar. 8, 1871" octagonal datestamp, several tiny staple holes

VERY FINE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1870 ONE-SIXTH BARREL ISSUE IN THE YELLOW OCHRE SHADE.

Only six examples of this shade are recorded in the Priester census, and this is the only example we have offered since keeping computerized records. This brewery is in Morrisania N.Y., which is now part of the Bronx. It later became the David Mayer's Centennial Lager Bier Brewery, which burned down in 1881, was rebuilt, and burned again in 1884.

Ex Tolman. With 2006 P.F. certificate. Undercatalogued in Scott. (Image)

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1,000.00

SOLD for $2,000.00
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1870, 50c Red, Lilac Security Lines, -1/2 bbl., Beer Stamp (REA17, Priester 18B). Unused (no gum), large to huge margins incl. sheet margin at left, rich colors, light creases, Extremely Fine appearance, ex Joyce and Kingsley (Image)

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300.00

SOLD for $400.00
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1870, 50c Red, Yellow Security Lines, -1/2 bbl., Beer (REA17a, Priester 18A). Large to huge margins incl. sheet margin at right, barest trace of blue cancel at lower left, pretty color, few creases, small hole at top right, Very Fine appearance (Image)

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500.00

SOLD for $1,500.00
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1870, 50c Brick Red, Gray-Green and Yellow Security Lines, -1/2bbl., Beer (REA17b, Priester 18C). Unused (no gum), large margins to in, deep rich colors, light vertical creases, small corner creases at bottom left and bottom right, Fine appearance, only four are recorded in the Priester census, we have offered one other since keeping computerized records (which had similar margins), with 2005 P.F. certificate (Image)

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1,400.00

SOLD for $2,000.00
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1870, 50c Brick Red, Lilac Security Lines, -1/2 bbl., Beer Stamp (REA17c, Priester 18aB). Full and even margins, rich colors in the distinctive Brick Red color, light strike of large double-circle datestamp, light horizontal crease, small thin spot at bottom right, Very Fine, purple backstamp, only 18 are recorded in the Priester census, this is the first we have offered since keeping computerized records (Image)

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800.00

SOLD for $1,400.00
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1870, 50c Brick Red, Yellow Security Lines, -1/2 bbl., Beer (REA17d, Priester 18aA). Die cut, margins to in, deep rich color, bold strike of "Bergdoll & Psotta, Phila. Aug. 19, 1870" datestamp, light creases and wrinkles

FINE APPEARANCE. ONLY TWO EXAMPLES OF THE 1870 HALF-BARREL IN THE BRICK RED COLOR ARE RECORDED. ONE OF THE GREAT RARITIES OF THE ISSUE.

The Priester census records only two examples of this issue in the Brick Red color with yellow safety lines. The other example, cut square and defective, was offered in our auction of the Tolman collection and was also used at a brewery in Philadelphia.

With 2005 P.F. certificate (Image)

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2,500.00

SOLD for $2,900.00
Will close during Public Auction