Lot 1021
Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper, 1755-57, Massachusetts Colonial Issue, ½d red, typographed, nice sharp strike of red circular handstamp at lower right of the first page of the Monday, August 30, 1756 edition of The Boston Evening Post newspaper; portions of page margins added at sides and at top with end portion of paper heading drawn in, F.-V.F., this stamp was required on newspapers between May 1, 1755 and April 30, 1757, most of these stamps still in existence are on newspapers in major libraries.Scott Nos. RM1; $2,500 on document Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $450