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THIS COURSE WAS RECORDED DURING 2021 SUMMER SEMINAR ONLINE

Course Description:

Did you know that there were three printings of the 1917 documentary stamps?

The cents values of the Series of 1917 documentary stamps were initially printed by Huebner-Bleistein of Buffalo, New York. When Congress objected, the Bureau of Engraving took over the offset printing of these stamps. In 1924, BEP introduced the use of high etch plates to produce these stamps. Learn how to identify these three printings and their overprinted varieties (Future Delivery, Stock Transfer, Silver Tax, Cigarette Tube, Tobacco Sale Tax and Narcotic).

Session 1 (58 minute video and session handouts)

• Historical context for the 1917 documentary series
• 1919 BEP Narcotic Provisionals
• 1919 Narcotic District Collector Provisionals

Session 2 (55 minute video and session handouts)

• 1919 BEP Narcotic Company Provisionals
• Cigarette Tube Tax
• Silver Tax
• Tobacco Sale Tax
• Series of 1917 Documentary Stamps

Session 3  (53 minute video and session handouts)

• Future Delivery Stamps
• Stock Transfer Stamps

Instructor:  Ron Lesher