Old Check Collectors Share Your Checks!

Imprinted Revenues are often canceled with a handstamp to show payment by the bank and are usually cut canceled through the imprint as well

 

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Here is an example of the 2 cent Black Jack Postage Stamp paying the Documentary Tax on a receipt, this was illegal to do but often passed through without incident

 

A couple of new ones:
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Nice sailing ship vignette
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Of course, one needs another RADAR number check !!

 

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A few radar numbers for your viewing pleasure:
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A nice Nevada one:
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I picked a couple of these from ebay recently. I'm assuming Budd and Sons placed loans/debt with eastern investors. Do you/does anyone have any info about the company?

 

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started conversation with you

 

Recent Addition.

 

Found this nice specimen check from an iconic American company.
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Nice Franklin portrait on this New York check; pastoral scene, and a train!
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Nice @techwriter .

You could say it's baahhhd to the bone.

 

Dont have any pictures. Ive got one of my 3 old checks. It was used by a very very very wealthy person back in 1855. I cant make out the old english though. All I know is it was for $495.81, more like $10,000 todays money.

-SC

 

My real passion for check collecting centers on those checks which show American industry and productivity. This is a promissory note from Providence Tool Company.
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Of course, the collection is always happy to accommodate RADAR check numbers.
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Of course a RADAR and a Train is just a bonus!

 

You've been posting some beauties lately, Les! I really like the engraving on the Bank of Salem.

 

A couple more:
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Arrived today; one just cannot have too many RADAR checks.
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Then again it's always nice to pickup a check that's "almost" a Full Vignette check.
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In my younger days used to plant, dig, and SORT potatoes from the garden. Sure wish we had owned one of these machines.
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=== Picture from eBay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Boggs-Potato-and-Onion-Grader-Sorter-Vintage-Wood-/131841510466
=== YouTube video with machine at work

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Bill of Exchange, Nov 20, 1868 made out by and made payable to Andrew Borden, father of accused and acquitted murderess Lizzie Borden. The "movie" portrayed Mr. Borden as an Undertaker, but he was actually a furniture maker and did manufacture coffins in his business, but had many financial interests as well. This exchange was drawn in Memphis due to the fact he had lumber and cotton interests in this area, in his latter life he was the president of a Bank in Fall River, Mass up until the time of his hideous murder