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U.S. Revenue stamps

Documentary stamps

Scott R152b, 2¢ documentary intended to pay the tax on checks (through 1882), plate number 2

Scott R152P1, 2¢ Documentary proof, plate number 15

Image courtesy of Chris Steenerson, from the Smithsonian collection.

Overprints

Scott R153, 1¢ Revenue, plate number 548

Scott R154, 1¢ Revenue, plate number 547

Scott R155, 2¢ Revenue overprint on Scott 267, pink, plate number 480

Scott R155b, 2¢ Revenue overprint on Scott 267, carmine, plate number 482

Scott R155A, 2¢ Revenue on Scott 279B, pink, plate number 509

Scott R155Ag var, 2¢ Revenue on Scott 279B, carmine, partial plate number showing on the stamp

Scott R155Ah, 2¢ Revenue overprint on Scott 279B, pink, with inverted overprint, plate number 513. (Formerly Scott R155c)

Scott R159, $5 Documentary, overprinted on $5 Newspaper stamp, plate number 137

Scott R160, $5 Documentary, overprinted on $5 Newspaper stamp, plate number 137

Battleship series

Scott R161, 1/2¢ Documentary, orange, plate number 7983

Scott R162, 1/2¢ Documentary, gray, plate number 7973

The color was switched to gray to avoid confusion with the 3/8¢ Proprietary stamp, which was printed in the same orange.

Scott R163, 1¢ Documentary, plate number 8080

Scott R163p, 1¢ Documentary, plate number 12089

Scott R163r, 1¢ Documentary, rouletted, plate number 7984

Scott R163P1, 1¢ Documentary proof, plate number 9703

Image courtesy of Chris Steenerson, from the Smithsonian collection..

Scott R164, 2¢ Documentary, plate number 7948

Scott R164p, 2¢ Documentary, plate number 9682

Scott R165, 3¢ Documentary, plate number 8003

Scott R165p, 3¢ Documentary, plate number 8698

Scott R166, 4¢ Documentary, plate number 7967

Scott R166p, 4¢ Documentary, plate number 9484 (Image courtesy of Eric Jackson)

Scott R167, 5¢ Documentary, plate number 7965

Unlisted (R167E-P?), plate proof for unissued 8¢ Documentary stamp, plate number 8458

Image courtesy of Chris Steenerman, from the Smithsonian collection.

Scott R168, 10¢ Documentary, plate number 8561

Scott R168P1, 10¢ Documentary proof, plate number 11276

Image courtesy of Chris Steenerson, from the Smithsonian collection..

Scott R168p, 10¢ Documentary, plate number 9836

Scott R168a, 10¢ Documentary error, imperforate horizontally, plate number 7987

Image courtesy of eBay / buystamps

Scott R169, 25¢ Documentary, plate number 7993

Scott R169p, 25¢ Documentary, plate number 9558

Scott R169P1, 25¢ Documentary, plate number 8668

Image courtesy of Chris Steenerson, from the Smithsonian collection.

Scott R170, 40¢ Documentary, plate number 8354

Scott R170p, 40¢ Documentary, plate number 8440

Scott R171p, 50¢ Documentary, plate number 9552

unlisted (Scott R171TC1?), 50¢ Documentary, dark green, plate number 7990

The proof was printed in the wrong color, dark green intended for the 8¢ denomination which ultimately was not issued.

Image courtesy of Chris Steenerson, from the Smithsonian collection.

Scott R172, 80¢ Documentary, plate number 8443

Scott R173, $1 Documentary, plate number 8022. (Image courtesy of Wallace Cleland)

Scott R173p, $1 Commerce documentary, plate number 8022. (Image courtesy of Wallace Cleland)

Scott R173P1, $1 Documentary proof, plate number 8022

Image courtesy of Chris Steenerson, from the Smithsonian collection.

Scott R174, $3 Documentary, plate number 8042. (Image courtesy of Wallace Cleland)

Scott R174p, $3 Documentary, plate number 8042. (Image courtesy of Wallace Cleland)

unlisted (Scott R174P1 / TC1?) $3 Documentary, light brown trial color / proof, plate number 8042

Image courtesy of Chris Steenerson, from the Smithsonian collection.

Scott R175, $5 Documentary, plate number 8048. (Image courtesy of Wallace Cleland)

Scott R175P1, $5 Documentary proof, plate number 8048

Image courtesy of Chris Steenerson, from the Smithsonian Collection.

Scott R176, $10 Documentary, plate number 8012 (Image courtesy of Wallace Cleland)

Scott R176P1, $10 Documentary proof, plate number 8012

Image courtesy of Chris Steenerson, from the Smithsonian Collection.

Scott R177, $30 Documentary, plate number 8482

Scott R177P, $30 Documentary proof, plate number 8482

Image courtesy of Chris Steenerson, from the Smithsonian collection.

Scott R178, $50 Documentary, plate number 8033

Scott R178P1, $50 Documentary proof, plate number 8033

Image courtesy of Chris Steenerson, from the Smithsonian collection.

    

Scott R179P1, $100 Documentary proofs of frame, plate number 9259, and Marshall vignette, plate number 9263

Images courtesy of Chris Steenerson, from the Smithsonian collection.

    

Scott R180P1, $500 Documentary proofs of frame, plate number 9261, and Hamilton vignette, plate number 9264

Images courtesy of Chris Steenerson, from the Smithsonian collection.

    

Scott R181P1, $1000 Documentary proofs of frame, plate number 9262, and Madison vignette, plate number 9265

Images courtesy of Chris Steenerson, from the Smithsonian collection.

Scott R182, $1 Documentary, plate number 8022 (Image courtesy of Wallace Cleland)

Scott R182P1, $1 Documentary proof, plate number 11371

Image courtesy of Chris Steenerson, from the Smithsonian collection.

Scott R183, $3 Documentary, plate number 8042

 

Scott R184, $1 Documentary, plate number 11371

Scott R185, $2 Documentary, plate number 10841

Scott R186, $3 Documentary, plate number 8042. (Image courtesy of Wallace Cleland)

Scott R191, $2 Documentary, plate number 10841

Scott R191a, $2 Documentary, plate number 10841. (Image courtesy of Wallace Cleland)

Scott R192, $5 Documentary, plate number 8048. (Image courtesy of Wallace Cleland)

Scott R192a, $5 Documentary with overprint omitted, plate number 8048 (Image courtesy of The Philatelic Foundation)

Scott R193, $10 Documentary, plate number 8012 (Image courtesy of Wallace Cleland)

Scott R194, $50 Documentary, plate number 8033

   

Scott R196, 1¢ Documentary, plate number 284, hand-entered plate number A306

Some of the plate numbers for this series were entered by hand, rather than by the usual method.

Scott R200, 5¢ Documentary, hand-entered plate number 407

Scott R207, 1¢ Documentary, plate number 681

Scott R208, 2¢ Documentary, inverted plate number (4)37

Scott R209, 3¢ Documentary, inverted plate number 423 (Image courtesy of eBay / djsstamps)

Scott R210, 4¢ Documentary, hand-entered plate number A-293

Scott R211, 5¢ Documentary, plate number 425

Scott R214, 40¢ Documentary, plate number 43 (Image courtesy of eBay / djsstamps)

Scott R217, $1 Documentary, plate number 45876

Scott R218, $2 Documentary, plate number 45892

Scott R222, $30 Documentary, plate number 45896

Scott R228, 1¢ Documentary, plate number 1988

Scott R228 var, double impression, straddle plate number 7213

Scott R229, 2¢ Documentary, plate number 2001

Scott R229, 2¢ Documentary, straddle plate number B 58

Scott R231, 4¢ Documentary, plate number 10741

Scott R231 var, 4¢ Documentary, double impression, plate number 32172 (Image courtesy of the Philatelic Foundation)

Scott R232, 5¢ Documentary, plate number 31103

Scott R234, 10¢ Documentary, plate number 20971

Scott R235, 20¢ Documentary, plate number 3922

Scott R236, 25¢ Documentary, plate number 1987

Scott R237, 40¢ Documentary, plate number 31141

Scott R238, 50¢ Documentary, straddle plate number 28542

Scott R239, 80¢ Documentary, plate number 35011

Scott R240, $1 Documentary, plate number 99673

Scott R241, $2 Documentary, plate number 100035 in the traditional font.

Scott R241, $2 Documentary, plate number 139505 in the revised font.

Scott R242, $3 Documentary, plate number 55492

Scott R243, $4 Documentary, plate number 125040

Scott R244, $5 Documentary, plate number 55485

Scott R245, $10 Documentary, plate number 55487

Scott R251, 1¢ Documentary, perf 10, plate number 22947

Scott R252, 2 ¢ Documentary, perf 10, straddle plate number 22964

Scott R253, 4¢ Documentary, perf 10, plate number 21606

Scott R254, 5¢ Documentary, perf 10, straddle plate number 27583

Scott R255, 10¢ Documentary, perf 10, plate number 28210

Scott R258, $2 Documentary, perf 10, plate number 45892

Scott R260, 2¢ Documentary, perf 11 x 10, plate number 22964

Scott R261, 5¢ Documentary, perf 11 x 10, plate number 27237

Scott R262, 10¢ Documentary, perf 11 x 10, plate number 27264

Scott R263, 20¢ Documentary, perf 11 x 10, straddle plate number 27380

Scott R264, 1¢ Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, straddle plate number 31137

Scott R265, 2¢ Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, plate number 28150

Scott R266, 3¢ Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, straddle plate number 38272

Scott R267, 4¢ Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, plate number 38279

Scott R268, 5¢ Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, plate number 38282

Scott R269, 8¢ Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, straddle plate number 39169

Scott R270, 10¢ Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, plate number 28858

Scott R271, 20¢ Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, straddle plate number 31155

Scott R272, 25¢ Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, plate number 39273

Scott R273, 40¢ Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, straddle plate number 31142

Scott R274, 50¢ Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, straddle plate number 38861

Scott R275, 80¢ Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, plate number 35011

Scott R276, $1 Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, plate number 134105

Scott R277, $2 Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, plate number 139505

Scott R278, $3 Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, plate number 55491

Scott R279, $4 Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, plate number 125041

Scott R280, $5 Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, plate number 55483

Scott R281, $10 Documentary, perf 11, overprinted Series 1940, plate number 55488

      

Scott R288, R290, R292, 1¢, 3¢ and 5¢ Documentary, Series 1940. The "21", "7" and "73" are not plate numbers either for the printing or for the overprint, but rather counting numbers or inventory numbers, used to keep track of the sheets in a stack.

Scott R288, 1¢ Documentary, Series 1940, plate number 143264

Scott R288 var, 1¢ Documentary, Series 1940, sensitive ink, plate number 143264

Scott R289, 2¢ Documentary, Series 1940, plate number 143426

Scott R290, 3¢ Documentary, Series 1940, plate number 143427

Scott R293, 8¢ Documentary, Series 1940, plate number 143430

Scott R305Ab, $20 Documentary, Series 1940, plate number F143938

Scott R321, 50¢ Documentary, Series 1941, plate number 143813

Scott R400, $3 Documentary, Series 1944, plate number 143934

Scott R654, 1¢ Documentary, plate number 143264

Scott R670, $2 Documentary, plate number 143933

   

Scott R733, 10¢, plate numbers 168105 and 168108

Scott R733 var, 10¢, misperfed horizontally, plate number 168108 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

   

Scott R734, 10¢, plate numbers 168353 and 168356

Scott R734 var, 10¢, plate number (1)68353 with missing 1

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This page last updated January 6, 2024.