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Check my other Listings I also have the Yellow Orange and Red Variety of the $5,000 revenue on 8.5"x11" Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte paper. Perfect for framing.
I made this item for myself to be framed and put on my wall. As soon as I hung it up I had people asking me for make one for them as well. So I am making copies available of this item here.
Prior to 1871, the largest denomination revenue stamp was $200. This presented a problem for the very largest commercial transactions, generally railroad mortgages. In 1871, a $500 stamp was issued. The $500 value apparently satisfied the needs of commerce because only 204 copies of the stamp were issued before the majority of Civil War-era documentary taxes were repealed.
Joseph Carpenter, proprietor of the private company holding the printing contract, wrote to the Treasury Department, "I send you the $5,000 stamp approved in the colors in which it is to be printed in case we have an order for this stamp - a very improbable contingency." The $5,000 stamp would have paid the tax on a $5,000,000 mortgage, an enormous sum of money in the 1870s.
I will be listing many other prints and reproduction trial proofs with some High Denomination items. Check my other listings.
Here is info on the item that this is a reproduction of.
EXTREMELY RARE FULL SIZE $5,000.00 LARGE DIE TRIAL COLOR PROOF
Scott # R133 RED Variety Full Imprints. India,
Full size (122X167mm) large die, India trial color proof.
Possessing truly outstanding freshness and cleanliness, with radiant rich colors, on bright white papers. Extremely Fine, an incomparable trial color proof of this highest denomination 19th century revenue stamp, not only because of its extreme rarity but also because of its pristine quality.
YOU ARE BUY ING A REPRODUCTION.
