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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsalexan, post: 1049347, member: 24274&quot;]A small percentage (but still a very large number) of these tax stamps were held back, primarily examples that were punch cancelled. Sometimes these were partially filled out in advance by the tax collector. These are considered &quot;remainders&quot; and though they are less valued than genuinely &quot;used&quot; stamps, I consider them better showpieces of the engravers art. In some cases remainders are the only surviving examples of these stamps. Deats &amp; Sterling sold off this hoard over many years to collectors and other dealers. They even printed advertisements on the backs of some 50,000 and gave them away as samples (which should give you an idea of how much they actually had in stock)...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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