$200 Documentary Second Issue revenue stamp die proof single
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Concerns over counterfeiting as well as reuse after chemically removing the cancellation prompted the decision."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "The first issue revenue stamps had been printed in a single color, with the exception of the 200-dollar United States Internal Revenue stamp, which was printed in two colors: green and red. Due to the security concerns, the second and third issue stamps were all printed in at least two colors, with the 200-dollar and 500-dollar second issue stamps printed in three colors as an additional security feature."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "As with the first issue of revenue stamps, the second issue also included a 200-dollar denomination stamp. However, the second issue also included a 500-dollar stamp. The federal government approved a 5,000-dollar stamp, but it was never issued."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "The 200-dollar second issue revenue stamp is often referred to as the \"Small Persian Rug.\" While the extensive scrollwork of the 500-dollar stamp resembles the patterns used in hand-woven rugs, the 200-dollar \"small\" Persian rug has a stronger resemblance to the 500-dollar stamp than to an actual Persian rug. Although originally thought to have been printed in sheets of eight, the 200-dollar stamps were printed one to a sheet, with sheet margins on all four sides. A single example of the stamp, used to pay the tax on the will of Erastus Corning, Sr., has survived with all margins intact, including the printer's imprints. A second copy is known with partial margins intact. The federal government issued just 446 copies of the 200-dollar stamp, and approximately 125 have survived."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "The National Postal Museum's die proof is one of the few known proofs for the stamp. The proof is printed in the colors of the issued stamp: red, blue, and black. The proof is cut to shape, and mounted on backing paper."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "References:"}, {"label": "Description", "content": "Kingsley, T.C., 1993. The Legendary Persian Rug: And The Other High-Value Civil War Revenue Stamps. Pacific Palisades: Castenholz & Sons."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "Toppan, G.L., H.E. Deats and A. Holland. 1899. An Historical Reference List of the Revenue Stamps of the United States. Boston: Boston Philatelic Society. Reprinted as The Boston Revenue Book. Lawrence, MA: Quarterman Publications, 1979."}], "name": [{"label": "Depicts", "content": "George Washington, American, 1732 - 1799"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)"}], "place": [{"label": "Place", "content": "United States of America"}], "title": [{"label": "Title", "content": "Scott Catalogue USA R132P"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "paper; ink (red, blue, black)"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Height x Width: 3 1/8 x 1 13/16 in. (8 x 4.6 cm)"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Postal Museum"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Revenue Stamps"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:npm_1999.2018.425", "hash": "ad82448549897ea24d512498a6499ad9ac51e798", "docSignature": "0dd1ae57090e60181644a50057fdb578", "timestamp": 1663786505, "lastTimeUpdated": 1660899148, "title": "$200 Documentary Second Issue revenue stamp die proof single"}