Orange stamps were paid for and the purchaser of orange stamps received blue stamps for free. Blue stamps could be used for surplus commodities....
Stacks Bowers just sold some in their auction of the Herzog Collection at ANA.
20 shillings to a pound. A Spanish milled dollar is a reale and is the equivalent of 5 shillings. Unless you are using Halifax money.
10 Spanish milled dollars
They are ration coupons.
What time period are you looking for? Pre-1871 or post 1871?
Ebay lifted the US food stamp ban about a year after the US government did so. Ebay's enforcement of law is sometimes based on the seller's or...
They are just block letters. The P is for Philippines. The quote from Tom Chao's site only indicates what blocks appear on the US made...
The average was $4.58 = £1 in 1923.
The site that you are referring to that is no longer there was run by collector Doug Bell not AAFES.
I imagine that winning Super Bowl III softened it somewhat.
The early and higher denomination rentenmark notes are better notes. The one and two rentenmark notes of 1937 are common.
And replaced the Mark in the 1923 currency reform. The Reichsmark soon followed. Both continued to be used until the 1948 Currency Reform...
You are correct. I went from memory which apparently is not as good as it used to be. The red numbers are pre-war and were redeemable for gold....
The 1910 note with green serial numbers was redeemable in gold when issued. The note with red serial numbers was never redeemable in gold.
The German note is probably genuine but in that condition is not worth more than a buck or two.
The Series 691 and 701 notes were removed around the same time. The parties involved were not caught. A small handful of confidants know who was...
As you know, there is a difference between a specimen and a proof. A specimen is generally a complete note in its final form. A proof may also...
It appears to be a printer's proof. Note the direction to raise the right serial number up on the note. I don't agree that it was supposed to be...
I concur that it is probably two proofs that have been glued together.
Separate names with a comma.
