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Lot 816: Brown's Bronchial Troches 2¢ Stamp

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Lot  816: Brown's Bronchial Troches 2¢ Stamp
<b>Encased Postage Stamps</b><hr><b>BrownÕs Bronchial Troches 2¢ U.S. Internal Revenue Stamp, Gem Proof on India Paper.</b>
Scott RS40P3. Printed in bright green ink on pure white paper. Exceptionally deep embossing. Regular versions of this stamp were used to tax the products of John I. Brown of Boston, Massachusetts, the most important of which (at least in the minds of EP collectors) was their Bronchial Troches. This wonderful and fascinating stamp reminds us that the Internal Revernue Service has been with us for a long, long time!