There was a 10¢ penalty for early redemption of a postal savings certificate. Currently, the number of solo uses of the 10¢ sheet stamp paying the early redemption penalty is: 3.

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Description: Postal savings certificate, dated June 7, 1954, with a 10¢ Prexie cancelled on June 26, 1954 when the certificate was prematurely cashed.

Owner/Source: Lot number 1386 in Schuyler Rumsey Philatelic Auctions Catalog for Sale No. 92 with items from Robert Schlesinger's Prexie Postal History Exhibit. The lot realized $425.

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