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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug5353, post: 2218098, member: 73555&quot;]Techwriter, for the benefit of other members -- the 2c eagle imprint in the center of your $16.57 check is what&#039;s known as &quot;revenue stamped paper,&quot; and is listed in the Scott Stamp Catalog.&nbsp; Yours is #RN-H3, catalog value $5.00 in 2013.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is essentially an imprinted (prepaid) tax stamp.&nbsp; Some varieties in this design, in a combination of orange and black printing, catalog as much as $7,500.</p><p><br /></p><p>Check and draft collectors should go to the library and photocopy the 5 pages of listings out of the (U.S. Specialized) Scott Catalog, preferably in color, and keep them for reference.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are approximately 25 different designs between 1865 and 1898; some are found pre-printed on stock certificates, bonds, insurance policies, and other financial documents.&nbsp; Do not confuse them with the ordinary revenue <u>stamps </u>&quot;licked and sticked&quot; on deeds, mortgages, promissory notes, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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