North Pacific Transportation Company
San Francisco, CA
1874
$12.50
A staple of any check collection. Black on white paper, great nautical vignette. An old-time stamp dealer, William J. Vitale of Alhambra, CA, obtained copies of these checks and printed price lists for revenue and taxpaid stamps on the back. Boasting “the WORLDS largest stock of NON-SCOTT material,” his US offerings included state tax stamps, lock seals, stamped paper, beer stamps, and tinfoils.