Lot 2501
1818-19, Maryland, 30¢ red, printed, complete sheet of four printed on banknote paper bearing colored silk threads; folds between impressions, Very Fine, a rare complete sheet, according to an article in the 1944 Stamp Specialist by Colin MacR. Makepeace, there may be only 19 complete sheets in existence.Scott Nos. RM362 $2,000.
This sheet of paper was to have four $20 bills of money printed on it. The tax stamp would have been in the center of each bill after the notes were separated. The stamps are not essays; they were offered for sale to the Bank but never used. Six other denominations were required by law, but none were ever found.
Realized: $525