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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsalexan, post: 1440526, member: 24274&quot;]I made three really interesting additions to my taxpaid collection yesterday -- among the longest stamps ever produced! These are tobacco stamps used to tax bundled or boxed cigars (50 cents per 100 in the 1870s). The 100-cigar stamps were the some of the largest, obviously, as they were wrapped around the most cigars. The longest one is 16 inches! I believe those for 250 and 500 cigars were even larger. Few of these survived due to their size and the difficulty in removing them intact from their packaging. This was actually the first time I had ever laid eyes on physical stamps like this and there were many I could not afford. Maybe three dealers in the country stock these.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was also pleased to discover a paper money connection: the portrait of Henry Clay on the top stamp also appears on the 1869 $50 U.S. Note. I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if some of the lathe work and &quot;100&quot; numerals also appear on currency, but I haven&#039;t done a close comparison. These are all great examples of BEP and bank note engraving.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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