Antique 1900 Nebraska Farm Lease Cass Co 1898 Battleship Revenue Stamps Corn Cro For Sale

• Document Type: Original legal Farm Lease manuscript document (printed form by Republican Print).

• Date & Term: Executed March 9, 1900; leased for a one-year term beginning March 1, 1900.

• Parties: Edward Tighe (landlord / party of the first part) to William Tighe (tenant / party of the second part), both of Cass County, Nebraska.

• Property & Terms: Covers tillable acreage in the Southeast Quarter ($SE\frac{1}{4}$) of Section 13, Township 10 North of Range 13 East, Cass County, Nebraska. Rent payable as "Two Thirds of the crops grown thereon," specifying that the tenant must husk and crib the corn crop before December 15, 1900, with landlord retaining absolute ownership of the corn stalks.

• Primary Collector Feature (Revenue Stamps): Lower margin features an affixed horizontal trio of 1898 Series Spanish-American War Documentary Revenue Stamps (USS Maine / Battleship design):

  • One 5¢ purple/carmine stamp

  • Two 10¢ brown stamps

  • Hand-cancelled in ink across the stamps with dates and witness initials (3/9/1900).

• Witnesses & Signatures: Signed by Edward Tighe and William Tighe; witnessed by A. E. Finney and C. W. Russell.

Condition Notes

• Document is fully intact with original multi-fold creases; no splits along the paper seams.

• Light natural age toning with clean, legible black and iron-gall ink handwriting.

• All three 1898 Battleship stamps are flat, completely intact, and firmly affixed to the paper.