1898, ($2.00) Ty. D Surcharge
on $1.00 Red on Dark Blue, 1bbl, No. REA42f, Beer (REA49b). Priester
Ty. 50, huge margins to slightly in at right, faint purple oval datestamp,
relatively minor faults, Fine and rare, Priester census reports only four
known for REA49b, of which only this example has the Ty. 50 surcharge (Image)
1898, ($4.00) Ty. A Surcharge
on $2.00 Brown on Dark Blue, -1hhd., No. REA43f, Beer (REA50). Three
large margins, barely in at right, Detroit brewer's purple Apr. 1, 1899
datestamp, creases and small faults, Fine
(Image)
1898, ($4.00) Ty. C Surcharge
on $2.00 Brown on Dark Blue, 1hhd., No. REA43f, Beer (REA50a). Priester
Ty. 26, bottom sheet margin with plate no. 3611, other sides large
to slightly in, blurry purple datestamp, very minor faults, Fine,
especially scarce with the plate number
(Image)
1898, ($4.00) Ty. D Surcharge
on $2.00 Brown on Dark Blue, 1hhd., No. REA43f, Beer (REA50b). Priester
Ty. 51, large margins to slightly in at bottom, San Jose brewer's purple
datestamp, long repaired tearONE OF ONLY TWO EXAMPLES OF THE TYPE D 1898 PROVISIONAL SURCHARGE ON THE ONE HOGSHEAD STAMP. A MAJOR BEER STAMP RARITY.
Priester census reports only two known for REA50b, of which only this example has the Ty. 51 surcharge. (Image)
1898, (33-1/3c) Ty. B
Surcharge on 16-2/3c Light Brown on Light Blue, -1/6bbl., No. REA38d, Beer
(REA52). Two large margins, others cut in, Portland Ore. brewer's
purple Aug. 10, 1899 datestamp, faults, Very Good and scarce (Image)
1898, (33-1/3c) Ty. B
Surcharge on 16-2/3c Light Brown on Dark Blue, -1/6bbl., No. REA38f, Beer
(REA52a). Unused (no gum), huge top right corner sheet margins, in at
left, couple faint creases and tiny flaws, Fine and very scarce (Image)
1898, (66-2/3c) Ty. B
Surcharge on 33-1/3c Violet on Dark Blue, -1/3bbl., No. REA40f, Beer
(REA54). Slightly in on all four sides, usual faultsAN EXTREMELY RARE 1898 PROVISIONALLY SURCHARGED ONE-THIRD BARREL BEER STAMP.
Two recorded in Priester census (Image)
1898, (66-2/3c) Ty. B
Surcharge on 33-1/3c Violet on Green, -1/3bbl., No. REA40, Beer
(REA54b). Large margins to cut in, "The San Francisco Breweries Ltd.
Jan. 11, 1900" red datestamp, small faultsACCORDING TO PRIESTER CENSUS, THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE B 1898 PROVISIONAL SURCHARGE ON THE ONE-THIRD BARREL STAMP WITH PLATE LETTER AND POSITION NUMBER.
Scott REA54a, of which two are recorded in Priester, realized $6,250 hammer against $2,500.00 Scott value in Tolman Part 1 (Sale 915, lot 3587). (Image)
1898, ($4.00) Ty. B Surcharge
on $2.00 Brown on Dark Blue, 1hhd., No. REA43f, Beer (REA57). Unused
(no gum), with bottom sheet margin and large margins all around, couple
negligible flaws, fresh and Extremely Fine for this scarce issue (Image)
1898, 25c Blue on Dark Blue,
Beer (REA58). Bottom left corner margin block of six with plate no.
8861, unused (no gum), creases and tears, a few other minor faults,
Fine and rare plate number multiple, Scott Retail as singles (Image)